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class Symbol

  # Generate a unique symbol. 
  #
  #   Symbol.generate => :<1>
  #
  # If +for+ is given the new symbol will be suffixed with it.
  #
  #   Symbol.generate(:this) => :<2>this
  #
  def self.generate(for=nil)
    @generate_count ||= 0
    ("<%X>#{for}" % @generate_count += 1).to_sym
  end

end

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-1.7.0	lib/facets/core/symbol/self/generate.rb
facets-1.7.30	lib/facets/core/symbol/self/generate.rb
facets-1.7.38	lib/facets/core/symbol/self/generate.rb
facets-1.7.46	lib/facets/core/symbol/self/generate.rb
facets-1.8.0	lib/facets/core/symbol/self/generate.rb
facets-1.8.8	lib/facets/core/symbol/self/generate.rb