Class: Symbol

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Symbol

Defined in:

lib/porolog/core_ext.rb

Overview

In Porolog, Symbols represent Variables.

Instance Method Summary

• #/(other) ⇒ Array

  An Array with the Object being the head and the other Object being the tail.

• #myid ⇒ String

  A convenience method for testing/debugging.

• #type ⇒ Symbol

  The type of the object (for a Symbol, should be :variable).

• #variables ⇒ Array

  Embedded variables (for a Symbol, should be itself).

Instance Method Details

#/(other) ⇒ Array

Returns an Array with the Object being the head and the other Object being the tail.

Parameters:

• other (Object) —

  the Object which is to be the tail

Returns:

• (Array) —

  an Array with the Object being the head and the other Object being the tail.

# File 'lib/porolog/core_ext.rb', line 76

def /(other)
  [self]/other
end

#myid ⇒ String

A convenience method for testing/debugging.

Returns:

• (String) —

  the equivalent of inspect.

# File 'lib/porolog/core_ext.rb', line 60

def myid
  inspect
end

#type ⇒ Symbol

Returns the type of the object (for a Symbol, should be :variable).

Returns:

• (Symbol) —

  the type of the object (for a Symbol, should be :variable)

# File 'lib/porolog/core_ext.rb', line 70

def type
  :variable
end

#variables ⇒ Array

Returns embedded variables (for a Symbol, should be itself).

Returns:

• (Array) —

  embedded variables (for a Symbol, should be itself).

# File 'lib/porolog/core_ext.rb', line 65

def variables
  [self]
end