From: Christoph <swap@...> (news_chr)
Date: 2003-07-30T11:09:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Builtin objects namespace

"Eric Anderson" <eric.anderson@sterlingpresence.com> wrote in
....
> What namespace are the builtin objects? I want to create an object in
> other module that has the same name and uses the builtin object. For
> example, if I wanted to create a hash that operated in a "special"
> manor. I would create:
>
> module Special
> class Hash < Builtin::Hash
> end
> end
>
> But from what I can tell the builtin hash is not in a namespace. So
> how do I do this?


The ``Builtin'' Namespace is called Object - so write
this as

---
module Special
    class Hash < Object::Hash
    end
    # or more conviently
     class Array < Array
    end
end


puts Object::Hash == Hash       # true
puts Special::Hash == Hash      # false
puts Special::Array == Array   # false
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