Feature #7149
open![Author: Anonymous](/images/anonymous.png?1722288379)
Constant magic for everyone.
Description
I noticed that certain objects have constant magic: When they are first assigned to a constant, they acquire a name property equal to the constant name string. I only know about Class and Struct objects behaving this way. I like this behavior, because I like to be able to say something like:
Adenosine = ChemicalSpecies.new initial_concentration: 5.micromolar
Adenosine.name #=> "Adenosine"
I like it so much, that I wrote a library (I call it ConstantMagicErsatz) for myself that searches whole namespace for the new objects assigned to constants. But searching whole wild namespace has its pitfalls. It is a wildly difficult workaround to get the candy I want. I am dreaming about just being able to say:
class ChemicalSpecies
constant_magic true
end
and imbue ChemicalSpecies with the same constant magic ability that Class and Struct classes have. Could it be made possible, please?