From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-12-22T22:15:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Accessing class instance variables from an instance?

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> wrote:
>>> In my case, I ended up solving it by adding an "abar" method that just
>>> called "self.class.bar", although using it that way does feel a bit silly,
>>> and makes the code less readable (an observer might ask what the difference
>>> between "bar" and "abar" is, for example).
>>
>> A better alternative would be to do this:
>>
>> class Object
>>  def my_class; self.class end
>> end
>
> If self.class.whatever is bothering you, the _better_ alternative is
> to just drop the self.
>
> class Whatever
>   def something_with_class
>     class.something
>   end
> end
>
> rather than
>
> self.class.something

You didn't try that, did you?  This does not even compile!

Cheers

robert

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