"Pit Capitain" <pit / capitain.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:41F9E97C.2030006 / capitain.de... > Trans schrieb: > > (...) though I would like to figure > > out how to copy classes and give them a name, instead of them appearing > > as numbers on #inspect. I would not do this. IMHO even from a conceptual point of view you rather want instances and not classes. Did you consider my remark about parsing context? > c = String.dup > > def c.to_s > "MySpecialString" > end I guess that's not the same as there is some magic involved with class names: >> c = Class.new => #<Class:0x1018ab00> >> c.name => "" >> Foo = c => Foo >> c.name => "Foo" >> Foo.name => "Foo" >> Bar = c => Foo >> Bar.name => "Foo" >> c.name => "Foo" Kind regards robert