Re: How does the class name magic with Class.new?

In variable.c, check rb_const_set

It's definitely a spec.

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 14:29, John Carter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I tried digging about the ruby source code to spot where the magic
> happen and/or find the documentation on const_set that says it's magic
> and that magic can be relied on....
>
> ..no luck so far.
>
> Any pointers as to exactly where that magic is implemented?
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 4:03 PM Matthew Kerwin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, no, that's pretty much exactly how it works.
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 13:51, John Carter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > This seems like deep magic... Any idea how it works?
> > >
> > > a = Class.new
> > > => #<Class:0x0000558d34f68b48>
> > > > a.name
> > > => nil
> > > > B= a
> > > => B
> > > > a.name
> > > => "B"
> > > > C= a
> > > => B
> > > > C.name
> > > => "B"
> > >
> > > It seems as if whenever you create a Constant it checks to see to see
> > > if it is an unnamed class and then names it....
> > >
> > > That seems..... too magic.
> > >
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