Final/closed classes in Ruby (was: Sharp knives and glue)

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From: Gregory Seidman [mailto:gsslist+ruby@anthropohedron.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:39 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: final/closed classes in Ruby (was: Sharp knives and glue)

<snip>

class Foo
  def test
    puts "hello"
  end
  freeze #this already exists and does what you want
end

Well, I'll be damned. I didn't know you could do that. You learn
something knew every day I guess. :slight_smile:

Doesn't prevent subclassing though. :slight_smile:

Thanks,

Dan

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-----Original Message-----

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But any solution you can put into place with pure ruby, can be circumvented
just as easily. :slight_smile:

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On 5/11/06, Berger, Daniel <Daniel.Berger@qwest.com> wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Seidman [mailto:gsslist+ruby@anthropohedron.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:39 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: final/closed classes in Ruby (was: Sharp knives and glue)

<snip>

> class Foo
> def test
> puts "hello"
> end
> freeze #this already exists and does what you want
> end

Well, I'll be damned. I didn't know you could do that. You learn
something knew every day I guess. :slight_smile:

Doesn't prevent subclassing though. :slight_smile:

Thanks,

Dan

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