How can I give a name to an anonymous class

Ruby
1

Hi,

I’m try to create a generic anonymous class, and I want to set the
class name of the class, however I can’t find a function which allow me
to do this, the only way I can do this is actually assigner the newly
create class to a constant. the classname will be (in my case)
GenActRec::className.

Does someone know how to remove the “GenActRec::” ???

Does someone know is there another way to do this???

this is my generic class:

class GenActRec < ActiveRecord::Base

def self.buildNewTableClass(className, tableName)
	genClass = Class.new(GenActRec)
	const_set("#{className.to_s}", genClass)
	genClass.set_table_name tableName
	genClass.reset_column_information()
	return genClass
end

end

Thanks you very much

Sayoyo

2

On Jan 11, 2006, at 10:38 AM, [email protected] wrote:

const_set("#{className.to_s}", genClass)

Just change this to:

Object.const_set("#{className.to_s}", genClass)

So that the constant is placed in the top-level instead of
in your class.

Gary W.

3

[email protected] writes:

On Jan 11, 2006, at 10:38 AM, [email protected] wrote:

const_set("#{className.to_s}", genClass)

Just change this to:

Object.const_set("#{className.to_s}", genClass)
Object.const_set(className.to_s, genClass)

I think we should have “useless use of #{}”-awards. :wink:

4

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 [email protected] wrote:

Does someone know is there another way to do this???
return genClass
end

end

harp:~ > cat a.rb
class A
c = Class::new do
def foo
42
end
end

 ::B = c
 Object::const_set 'B2', c

end

p B::new.foo
p B2::new.foo

harp:~ > ruby a.rb
42
42

-a

5

David V. [email protected] writes:

And useless #to_s awards. If anything, #to_str is somewhat useful to
get a type check, but coercing types with reckless abandon you’ll
shoot yourself in the foot when you least expect it.

…except Symbol doesn’t have #to_str.

6

Christian N. wrote:

Just change this to:

Object.const_set("#{className.to_s}", genClass)

Object.const_set(className.to_s, genClass)

I think we should have “useless use of #{}”-awards. :wink:

And useless #to_s awards. If anything, #to_str is somewhat useful to get
a type check, but coercing types with reckless abandon you’ll shoot
yourself in the foot when you least expect it.

David V.

7

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:15:38 +0100, Christian N.
[email protected] wrote:

And useless #to_s awards. If anything, #to_str is somewhat useful to
get a type check, but coercing types with reckless abandon you’ll
shoot yourself in the foot when you least expect it.

…except Symbol doesn’t have #to_str.

Oh, joy. Not like that matters in this specific case, but I can well
imagine that use. I guess it’s time to dig out the metaprogramming
helmets
to prevent severe trauma when banging heads against walls.

David V.

8

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, David V. wrote:

Oh, joy. Not like that matters in this specific case, but I can well imagine
that use. I guess it’s time to dig out the metaprogramming helmets to prevent
severe trauma when banging heads against walls.

it’s why i always use

“#{ obj }” # no useless after all

instead of obj.to_s or obj.to_str. it works - forget about it. same
goes for

[ obj ].flatten

when a list is needed.

-a

9

David V. wrote:

Oh, joy. Not like that matters in this specific case, but I can well
imagine that use. I guess it’s time to dig out the metaprogramming
helmets to prevent severe trauma when banging heads against walls.

Um, where do we get those? Couldn’t find any at
http://www.thinkgeek.com
:slight_smile:

robert
10

James Edward G. II wrote:

On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:

it’s why i always use

“#{ obj }” # no useless after all

As far as I know, thats always equivalent to obj.to_s, which I think
is better looking:

… and more efficient - especially if the object is a string already.
:slight_smile:

robert
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On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:

it’s why i always use

“#{ obj }” # no useless after all

As far as I know, thats always equivalent to obj.to_s, which I think
is better looking:

class MyString
def to_s; “to_s called” end
def to_str; “to_str called” end
end
=> nil

my_string = MyString.new
=> to_s called

“#{my_string}”
=> “to_s called”

class MyString
undef to_s
end
=> nil

“#{my_string}”
NoMethodError: undefined method to_s' for #<MyString:0x31d59c> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:154:ininspect’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:154:in eval_input' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:259:insignal_status’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:147:in eval_input' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:244:ineach_top_level_statement’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:230:in
each_top_level_statement' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:ineach_top_level_statement’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:146:in eval_input' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:70:instart’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:69:in `start’
from /usr/local/bin/irb:13
Maybe IRB bug!!

James Edward G. II

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, James Edward G. II wrote:

On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:

it’s why i always use

“#{ obj }” # no useless after all

As far as I know, thats always equivalent to obj.to_s, which I think is
better looking:

ya know - you are right. for some reason i seemed to remember the
default
to_s going away with the default to_a - it seems it did not.

time to make the coffee!

-a

13

On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, [email protected] wrote:

ya know - you are right. for some reason i seemed to remember the
default
to_s going away with the default to_a - it seems it did not.

Even if it did, “#{…}” doesn’t call to_str(). :wink:

James Edward G. II

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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:48:35 +0100, Christian N.
[email protected] wrote:

Sorry. I really wonder what I was thinking when I wrote that.
It has to be like that, of course:

Object.const_set(className.to_sym, genClass)

This allows for passing of strings and symbols. (And Fixnums, oh well.)

Hoolay! Look, mom, no type coercion! The little Java demons in the back
of
my skull cackle with glee at yet another potential obscure bug avoided.
(Happily ignoring any potential obscure bugs introduced, of course).

David V.

15

“David V.” [email protected] writes:

helmets to prevent severe trauma when banging heads against walls.
Sorry. I really wonder what I was thinking when I wrote that.
It has to be like that, of course:

Object.const_set(className.to_sym, genClass)

This allows for passing of strings and symbols. (And Fixnums, oh well.)