Re: Does an instance know his own name?

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I think the problem with an instance knowing his own name is the
possibility of an instance having more than one name. How whould the
instance now, which name you want ? The object id on the other hand is
afaik sort of unique.

Marinho

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On 9/4/06, [email protected] [email protected]
wrote:

I think the problem with an instance knowing his own name is the possibility of an instance having more than one name. How whould the instance now, which name you want ? The object id on the other hand is afaik sort of unique.

Yep.

For those old enough, and American enough to remember the comic Bill
Saluga.

You can call Nephew.new…

Ray = Jay = Johnny = Sonny = RayJay = RJ = Nephew.new

but ya doesn’t hafta call it Johnson

–
Rick DeNatale

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http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/