Does an instance know his own name?

ruby-talk
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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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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

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On 9/4/06, marinho.tobolla@syncity.de <marinho.tobolla@syncity.de> 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.

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