named_value_class 0.2.0 → 0.3.0

data/lib/named_value_class.rb

@@ -18,11 +18,26 @@ def NamedValueClass(klass_name,superclass, &block)
         instance_variable_set "@#{attr}", val 
       end
       
-      # THINK is this making it harder than it needs to be?
       named_values_module = self.class.const_get('NamedValues')
       named_values_collection = named_values_module.const_get('Collection')
-      self.class.const_set(@name, self)
-      named_values_module.const_set(@name, self)
+      begin
+        self.class.const_set(@name, self)
+        named_values_module.const_set(@name, self)
+      rescue NameError
+        name_error_name = "NameError_#{@name}"
+        self.class.const_set(name_error_name, self)
+        named_values_module.const_set(name_error_name, self)
+        self.class.class_eval <<-EVAL
+          def self.#{@name}()
+            #{name_error_name}
+          end
+        EVAL
+        named_values_module.module_eval <<-EVAL
+          def self.#{@name}()
+            #{name_error_name}
+          end
+        EVAL
+      end
       named_values_collection << self
     end
     

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: named_value_class
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.2.0
+  version: 0.3.0
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 date: 2011-11-16 00:00:00.000000000Z
 dependencies: []
-description: 
+description: Quickly add class delegate constants which output their names, not their
+  values.  This may be desirable for some DSLs.
 email: mgarriss@gmail.com
 executables: []
 extensions: []