From: Perry Smith <pedzsan@...>
Date: 2011-01-06T01:23:53+09:00
Subject: actual class name

I'm trying to debug a problem I have with YAML.  When I do:

puts "#{foo.class}"

I get (for example) Xyz

but I know that foo is not really of class Xyz.  I think it is an
YAML::Object.  The reason this happens is because to_s has been
overridden.

How can I get the real name of the class of an object?

I think this is what YAML::Object is doing:

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

class Xyz
  def self.to_s
    "dog"
  end
end

x = Xyz.new
puts "#{x.class}"

I get "dog" instead of Xyz.  How can I get Xyz in this case?

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