The source file lib\ruby\1.8\drb\drb.rb defines the class DRbObject. I
don't understand the initialize method. Why would I ever want to pass
something other than nil for the first parameter? The comment above
the initialize method says that is used to create a proxy/stub for a
local object. Why would I want to do that?
The typical way to use this is
proxy = DRbObject.new(nil, url)
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R. Mark Volkmann
Partner, Object Computing, Inc.
You can pass DRbObjects across the wire, so you could wrap a local object and pass the DRbObject across the wire to the other side. If you look around in drb.rb you'll see several places where it is used.
On 14 Aug 2005, at 12:40, Mark Volkmann wrote:
The source file lib\ruby\1.8\drb\drb.rb defines the class DRbObject. I
don't understand the initialize method. Why would I ever want to pass
something other than nil for the first parameter? The comment above
the initialize method says that is used to create a proxy/stub for a
local object. Why would I want to do that?The typical way to use this is
proxy = DRbObject.new(nil, url)
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Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://segment7.net
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Are you saying that this is a way to force a pass by reference?
I can also do that with DRbUndumped.
Are these blocks of code equivalent in what they accomplish?
obj.extend DRbUndumped
remote_obj.some_method(obj)
remote_obj.some_method(DRbObject.new(obj))
On 8/15/05, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
On 14 Aug 2005, at 12:40, Mark Volkmann wrote:
> The source file lib\ruby\1.8\drb\drb.rb defines the class DRbObject. I
> don't understand the initialize method. Why would I ever want to pass
> something other than nil for the first parameter? The comment above
> the initialize method says that is used to create a proxy/stub for a
> local object. Why would I want to do that?
>
> The typical way to use this is
>
> proxy = DRbObject.new(nil, url)You can pass DRbObjects across the wire, so you could wrap a local
object and pass the DRbObject across the wire to the other side. If
you look around in drb.rb you'll see several places where it is used.
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R. Mark Volkmann
Partner, Object Computing, Inc.
Yes.
DRbUndumped overrides _dump which causes a DRbObject to be created wrapping obj.
On 16 Aug 2005, at 09:15, Mark Volkmann wrote:
On 8/15/05, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
On 14 Aug 2005, at 12:40, Mark Volkmann wrote:
The source file lib\ruby\1.8\drb\drb.rb defines the class DRbObject. I
don't understand the initialize method. Why would I ever want to pass
something other than nil for the first parameter? The comment above
the initialize method says that is used to create a proxy/stub for a
local object. Why would I want to do that?The typical way to use this is
proxy = DRbObject.new(nil, url)
You can pass DRbObjects across the wire, so you could wrap a local
object and pass the DRbObject across the wire to the other side. If
you look around in drb.rb you'll see several places where it is used.Are you saying that this is a way to force a pass by reference?
I can also do that with DRbUndumped.
Are these blocks of code equivalent in what they accomplish?obj.extend DRbUndumped
remote_obj.some_method(obj)remote_obj.some_method(DRbObject.new(obj))
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Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://segment7.net
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