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Over Object Class #

by babie in inspect

Translated from matz blog, 2005-04-06

Ruby’s Object-class is very rich. It has many methods. In fact, Kernel-class has common methods of all classes and Object-class includes it.

Though it is convenient normally, it is not good in case of programing that uses method_missing in heavy. (Because method_missing is not called if the method is defined.)

And so, I’m going to make “something” over Object-class. It doesn’t include Kernel-class. The problem is a naming.

  • Nucleus – But it is alike Kernel.
  • CoreObject – Long name is good in point of less conflict, but it’s not my taste.
  • BlankObject – ditto.
If you think of good name, comment casually.

Many comments are posted already , but matz is looking for a better idea always, maybe.

06 Apr 2005 at 11:03 | 22 comments

Chris

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 12:54

In Cocoa, there’s a sort-of equivalent root class called NSProxy. m-w.com: Text: Synonyms SEED 2 , bud, embryo, germ, spark

Seed, maybe.

Chris

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 12:55

Object: Related Words article, item, piece; being, entity, substance; commodity, good, ware; accessory, accompaniment, bauble, curio; knickknack, spangle, token, trinket

Daniel Berger

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 13:06

I like NakedObject, because it’s naughty.

chris2

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 13:10

In Smalltalk, it’s called ProtoObject, IIRC .

flgr

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 13:47

KernellessObject, but that’s long as well.

Perhaps we can just call it Simpleton.

s0nspark

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 14:12

ObjectBase? as in “all your ObjectBase belong to…” uh, okay … how ‘bout OverObject :-)

Jason Watkins

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 14:26

hrmm, I like Simpleton.

I was going to suggest Bare.

pmcm

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 16:28

Simploid, or Simplon

pugio

said on 06 Apr 2005 at 19:48

Hmmm, what’s that word for an uncut gem?

A gem in the rough?

gab

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 03:31

why ObjectBase, BaseObject is much better :)

trans

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 12:32

Encap

batkins

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 13:09

Overclass, Toplevel, Root?

why

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 15:42

Lung

MenTaLguY

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 16:15

Beef

MenTaLguY

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 16:18

In all seriousness, this is what Object ought to have been, most likely. Though I’m not quite sure what we should have called Object instead…

MenTaLguY

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 16:22

An empty class full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Skeleton? Vacant? Stage?

...Yorrick?

I knew him, Horatio.

MenTaLguY

said on 07 Apr 2005 at 16:54

(the above being more ideas for Object’s superclass, rather than new names for Object, of course…)

gavin

said on 09 Apr 2005 at 00:18

BlankSlate, as Jim Weirich has already named and released (builder.rubyforge.org)

e

said on 09 Apr 2005 at 21:22

MU

Chris

said on 11 Apr 2005 at 21:06

Any of BlankSlate, Nucleus, or ProtoObject sound good.

zem

said on 12 Apr 2005 at 05:18

Or just plain Proto

why

said on 14 Apr 2005 at 17:16

Nutkin

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