From: Robert McGovern <robertm@...>
Date: 2002-12-20T18:57:22+09:00
Subject: Re: determing defined constants for a class

> Have you considered using constants with a symbolic rather than numeric 
> value?
> 
>         TRACK_LENGTH = :TRACK_LENGTH
<snip>
 >
> 
> will let you check if a given objects is one of your allowed constants. 
> (You might consider a hash for this, if it's going to be large.)

Many thanks for the suggestions Joel, exactly the sort of ideas I was after.

much appreicated!

Rob