From: Jacob Mitchell <jacob.d.mitchell@...>
Date: 2010-07-01T01:21:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Aliasing classes

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Yes, you simply set some variable equal to the name of a class and then in
that scope it's a class alias.

class A
  attr_accessor :x
  def initialize
    @x = 2
  end
end

a = A.new
puts a.x   #=> 2

B = A
b = B.new
puts b.x   #=> 2
puts b.class   #=> A

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Shak Shak <sshaikh@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to alias a class? That is for ClassA.run to call
> ClassB.run instead? I have a third party library requiring a dependency
> which I've already defined with my own name. I'm currently subclassing,
> but I was wondering if there was a better way.
>
> Shak
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

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