[code] alias Sketchup as SU

[Dan Rathbun]

(code) alias Sketchup as SU

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Code: Select all

Object.const_set('SU',Sketchup)  

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Notes:

Creates a global alias SU to refer to the Sketchup module.

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Examples:

model = SU.active_model
SU.require('somefile.rbs')

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SKX_alias_Sketchup_as_SU.rb

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Can be added into the master skx.rb file.

[thomthom]

Does Object.const_set('SU',Sketchup) have any advantage over SU == Sketchup ? Is it that it works regardless of the calling scope?

[Dan Rathbun]

Does Object.const_set('SU',Sketchup) have any advantage over SU == Sketchup ? Is it that it works regardless of the calling scope?

Well first of all, you meant: SU = Sketchup

It has no difference at the console, because you are already in the Object namespace.

But to be precise, and to allow setting a global constant from ANY namespace, you need to call: Object.const_set('Name',object)
You could call: Object.instance_eval("Name=object"), but that would be blurring what you are doing, just a bit.
Better to use the const_set() method for readability.