Re: class instance question

In C, this is already solved - there are no classes :P
Seriously, I don't even want to know what John is talking about. I did try
to understand his question though...

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Shawn Wildermuth <
[email protected]> wrote:

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> Um…in what environment?  Ruby? .NET? Java? C?
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> Thanks,
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> Shawn Wildermuth
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> http://wildermuth.com
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> Note: This was typed on a big ole laptop so any misspellings and
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ryan Heath
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:46 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [OT] class instance question
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> Interesting, I do not know the answer, but instance names can be optimized
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> Lets say you have a solution for this problem, but then at runtime 'Fluffy'
> may be named as 'Register12' or 'Stack@17' or maybe, just boringly, 'null'
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> // Ryan
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> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:36 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi,
> Is there a way to programmatically determine the name of an instance
> of a class without having to hardcode the information?
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> For example if I have a 'Cat' class and I have an instance of that
> class named 'Fluffy' assuming the Cat class has a 'Name' member
> variable that can hold the information, is there a way to make
> 'Fluffy' determine its own name without having to tell it the
> information? Just curious... Thanks.
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