From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-03-24T06:35:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Sytem hook for instance names?

On 23.03.2008 19:30, Mark Bush wrote:
> Jeff Patterson wrote:
>> Is there a system hook that allows a method to get an instance's symbol
>> from its' object id?
>>
>> i.e.
>>
>> a=SomeObject.new
>> SomeSystemhook(a) => :a (or "a" I suppose)
> 
> The problem is that the variable is not the object, just a pointer to 
> it.  And there can be multiple variables pointing to the object.  So:
> 
> a = SomeObject.new
> b = a
> 
> Now "a" and "b" both point to the same object.  How would you choose 
> between returning :a and :b?

Plus, what would you do in this case?

a=[SomeClass.new]

Basically it makes no sense...

Cheers

	robert