From: Xeno Campanoli <xeno.campanoli@...>
Date: 2010-01-20T10:26:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Looking for object.inherits?(Classname)

Xeno Campanoli wrote:

Looks like the method I use is "ancestors".

> I'm looking for a way to make sure an object being passed is in some 
> class family, or to say it otherwise, inherits some specific class, but 
> not necessarily directly.  In fact, it could be a 
> great-great-grandparent class, and that would be okay, and needs to be 
> okay.  Is there something where I can take an object and go
> 
> unless object.inherits?(MyClass)
>     raise SyntaxError, "etc."
> end
> 
> 
> ?????
> 
> Sorry, but could not find this in my pickaxe book.


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