Builtin objects namespace

[Eric Anderson]

What namespace are the builtin objects? I want to create an object in
other module that has the same name and uses the builtin object. For
example, if I wanted to create a hash that operated in a "special"
manor. I would create:

module Special
class Hash < Builtin::Hash
end
end

But from what I can tell the builtin hash is not in a namespace. So
how do I do this?

 

[gabriele renzi]

il 27 Jul 2003 14:08:17 -0700, (e-mail address removed)
(Eric Anderson) ha scritto::

What namespace are the builtin objects? I want to create an object in
other module that has the same name and uses the builtin object. For
example, if I wanted to create a hash that operated in a "special"
manor. I would create:

module Special
class Hash < Builtin::Hash
end
end

But from what I can tell the builtin hash is not in a namespace. So
how do I do this?

I think you can always refer to the root namespace with
::Class
I mean:
irb(main):001:0> module Special
irb(main):002:1> class Hash < ::Hash
irb(main):003:2> end
irb(main):004:1> end
=> nil