From d19638be4fb8d7ff96753f4fc7a13086e04028a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Gerwitz <mike@mikegerwitz.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:20:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Classes now return a more intuitive string representation

---
 lib/class.js              |  6 ++++++
 test/test-class-extend.js | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/class.js b/lib/class.js
index 75075c9..a5ee68e 100644
--- a/lib/class.js
+++ b/lib/class.js
@@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ var extend = ( function( extending )
                 attachInstanceOf( this );
             };
 
+            // provide a more intuitive string representation
+            __self.toString = function()
+            {
+                return '<Class>';
+            };
+
             return __self;
         }
         // abstract class
diff --git a/test/test-class-extend.js b/test/test-class-extend.js
index 3061147..31c9e67 100644
--- a/test/test-class-extend.js
+++ b/test/test-class-extend.js
@@ -224,3 +224,15 @@ assert.ok(
     "Instances of subtypes do not share property references"
 );
 
+
+// otherwise it'll output the internal constructor code, which is especially
+// confusing since the user does not write it
+( function testConvertingClassToStringYieldsClassString()
+{
+    assert.equal(
+        Class.extend( {} ).toString(),
+        '<Class>',
+        "Converting class to string yields class string"
+    );
+} )();
+