Eric Hodel
10/3/2007 7:46:00 AM
On Oct 2, 2007, at 18:05 , John Pywtorak wrote:
> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> On Oct 2, 2007, at 14:43 , John Pywtorak wrote:
>>> I have seen some examples of hooking into const_missing;
>>> Howerver, I can't seem to find anything on const_set, and
>>> const_get, any ideas?
>>>
>>> I tried opening class Module, ex.
>>>
>>> class Module
>>> def const_set(cname, cval)
>>> ....
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> Does not work. I realize this is very dangerous. Is there any
>>> other way to intercept when, ex
>>>
>>> FOO="bar"
>>>
>>> happens?
>> a) Edit variable.c
>> b) Run your code through a ruby2ruby subclass that wraps up your
>> const assignments with extra code.
>
> Thanks Eric. Option a makes me think I am taking the wrong
> approach. Option b looks more attractive. Well at least I know I
> was not missing something easier.
Both options are pure evil and guaranteed to cause you pain.
What is your ultimate goal?
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