From: Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...>
Date: 2008-09-28T08:00:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable name to string

reuben doetsch wrote:
> I would like to get the name of the variable in string form, any way 
> this is
> possible?

No.

> var = 5
> puts var.foo  #Want this ti put var

Variables are not objects. Methods operate on objects. Your .foo 
operates on 5 (the object your variable 'foo' references), not on 'var'. 
For that reason it can't work.

> i looked into trying to do var.object_id.id2name but some reason this 
> gave me nil, since if it is bugged or object_id is not returning the correct
> object id.

What should it give you if your object is referenced by multiple 
variables?
But it won't work anyway for the above stated reason.

Regards
Stefan
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