$object info self command

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Hmmm. I'm not sure what you mean by "an object inherits publically
from another". Are you referring to the "component" statement's "-
inherit" flag? Also, if I implemented an "info self" method, then if

set a [$object info self]

it should always be the case that "$a eq $object". Unless $object isn't
fully qualified--but [namespace which] should help you there.

There might, on the other hand, be some point to an "info selfns"
method that returns the object's private namespace.

If I'm missing the point entirely, please enlighten me!

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Consider:

package require snit

snit::type Y {
}

snit::type X {
component Y -public y -inherit true

constructor {
install Y using Y %AUTO%
}
}

X x;

# I would like to know what object [x Y m] will be evaluated in.

x Y ;# this could return the Y instance?
x Y self ;# or this?
x Y info self ;# or this?

It came up when I wanted to return a handler object, and
associate some information with the object, and then
retrieve that information on handler completion by using
[upvar self] as an implicit argument.

I couldn't see a way to determine [x Y] easily. I've coded
around it, so it's not a dire need, but it occurred to me as
a possibly useful facility.

Colin.

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OK, I see what you're after.

In your example, "x y" can't return the Y object's name; I'm using
[namespace ensemble] for the dispatch now, and [namespace ensemble]
requires a subcommand.

Yes, "info self" would give you what you want; and it would certainly
be easy to do. I'll think about it.