From: "Mikael Høilund" <mikael@...>
Date: 2008-10-20T06:48:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Proc metaprogramming tricks?

On Oct 19, 2008, at 23:40, Adam Skobi wrote:

>
>> class C
>>   def self.inherited(klass)
>>     klass_name = klass.name[/[^:]+$/]
>>     klass.to_s.split(/::/)[0...-1].inject(Object) { |const, name|
>>       const.const_get name
>>     }.send :remove_const, klass_name
>>     C.const_set klass_name, klass
>>   end
>> end
>
>> NB: Don't do this.
>
> Yes! Why haven't I thought of this solution?!
> Thanks for that one.
>
> Are the any non obvious reasons as why not to do this type of trick
> (code obfuscation, maintance hell etc.)?
>

That, and

--8<----
class Ddddd < C
end

Ddddd.some_method # !> NameError
--8<----

Also, my roommate laughed uncontrollably the whole time I wrote that  
snippet.

> -- 
> Adam Skobi
>
>

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