From: ts Date: 2003-07-26T20:51:47+09:00 Subject: Re: Trouble with inherited >>>>> "S" == Steve Tuckner writes: S> In my case, I am interested in getting a string that would be specific to S> that class (and not the class name). I am using this name as a hash key from S> the name to the class. Well, you can use the id of the class : it's specific to an object. svg% ruby -e 'class A;class B;end;end;a = A::B.id;p a;p ObjectSpace._id2ref(a)' 537186582 A::B svg% Guy Decoux