And yet again more silly questions...

[GGarramuno]

1) Is there any "which" or "where" command in ruby? That is, a
command that will tell me which .rb, .so or so on defines the object,
function or type (searching all appropiate paths --and files-- if
needed)?

2) Overloading/Inheritance question.

Is there a way to call the .so functions from ruby directly?
I'd like to overload the String=~ operator, but I'd like to
eventually still call the native String=~ (which I assume is C code).
That is:
class String
def =~(pat)
# do something, like, say, count the regex calls
C++::super(pat) # call original =~
end
end

If not possible, can I create my own string class inheriting from
String, but then alias it so all code calls my string class (even if I
create a sinple "blah" string constant and even code that is not my
own?)?

Also, what is the relationship between =~, index(), rindex(), match()
and the subs()? That is, is there a way to just overload a, say,
protected function and effect all regex at the same time? Or am I
bound to need to overload each individually?

 

[Eric Hodel]

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2) Overloading/Inheritance question.
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Is there a way to call the .so functions from ruby directly?
I'd like to overload the String=3D~ operator, but I'd like to
eventually still call the native String=3D~ (which I assume is C code).= =20
That is:
class String
def =3D~(pat)
# do something, like, say, count the regex calls
C++::super(pat) # call original =3D~
end
end

You can alias =3D~ to old_=3D~ (or similar) then call old_=3D~ from your
custom =3D~ method.

If not possible, can I create my own string class inheriting from
String, but then alias it so all code calls my string class (even if I
create a sinple "blah" string constant and even code that is not my
own?)?

If you create a String subclass, you can call super, and it will use
String's =3D~ method.

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