On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Joey Zhou <yimutang / gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a sample code:
>
> str = "ABC"
> class << str
>  ¨Â óåìæ
> end
>
> What I get is somthing like "#<Class:#<String:0x15d4bb0>>".
>
> If "p str", there's an error message:
>
> x.rb:3:in `singletonclass': undefined local variable or method `str' for
> #<Class:#<String:0x1625bf8>> (NameError)
>
> How can I get the value of str("ABC") within the class << str;...;end

your problem is that class << x...end  is *not* a closure

x= 42
class << whatever # I disassociate x and whatever for the general case
  x # No Method Error as we are *not* in a closure here
end

But there is a workaround, an idiom you will find quite often in Ruby
metaprogramming

x=42
class << whatever; self end.module_eval do
  p x # Works like charm as this *is* a closure
end

Now if you were looking for a way to get from a singleton class of an
object to the object itself, I am not sure that this is possible.
I have not yet seen a case where I would have needed it, as I am
constructing my singletons myself;). Would you know such a usecase?
e.g. an API that passes in a singleton class and where it would be
useful to have access to the singlee - I just made this word up, I
guess.

HTH
Robert

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-- 
The 1,000,000th fibonacci number contains '42' 2039 times; that is
almost 30 occurrences more than expected (208988 digits).
N.B. The 42nd fibonacci number does not contain '1000000' that is
almost the expected 3.0e-06 times.