From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-03-08T22:28:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Can I access or find a object from it's instance variable?

On 08.03.2009 05:57, Aki Wakabayashi wrote:
> What I really wanted was to get the actual identifier of the object, but 

What exactly do you mean by "actual identifier"?  If you mean #object_id 
then there is method ObjectSpace._id2ref.

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/ObjectSpace.html#M006793

> for now I'll create a  instance variable for the actual identifier so I 
> can put it in the to_s method, and I can get things working.

If you mean the object id then you do not need an instance variable to 
put it into to_s's output.

> I know it's not the Rubyist way, but I just started, so hopefully I can 
> find a better way later and post it here.

The question is: what are you trying to achieve?

Kind regards

	robert