From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2008-11-20T18:29:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Error message, hide class name


On Nov 19, 2008, at 08:50 , Trans wrote:

> irb(main):005:0> class X
> irb(main):006:1>   def inspect
> irb(main):007:2>     "hey"
> irb(main):008:2>   end
> irb(main):009:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):010:0> x = X.new.nomethod
> NoMethodError: undefined method `nomethod' for hey:X
> 	from (irb):10
>
> Anyone know how I can get rid of the ':X' after 'hey'? I've tried:

the problem isn't inspect or anything else to do with X, it is  
method_missing. the default method_missing is raising with a message  
like:

"undefined method `#{msg}' for #{self.inspect}:#{self.class}"

So you can attack the 'problem' at the source:

> >> class Object; def method_missing(*a); raise NoMethodError, "haha!  
> stupid!"; end; end
> => nil
> >> bork
> NoMethodError: haha! stupid!
> 	from (irb):3:in `method_missing'
> 	from (irb):4