[ruby-core:36535] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4795] Nested classes don't seem to resolve correctly when another class exists with the same name

`class Foo::Bar::Baz` does *not* open the Foo::Bar scope. `class
Foo::Bar; class Baz` does however.
// Magnus Holm



On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 16:51, John Feminella <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Issue #4795 has been updated by John Feminella.
>
>
> But isn't Baz defined at the immediate Foo::Bar scope? Why does it keep going up the chain?
> ----------------------------------------
> Bug #4795: Nested classes don't seem to resolve correctly when another class exists with the same name
> http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4795
>
> Author: John Feminella
> Status: Open
> Priority: Normal
> Assignee:
> Category:
> Target version:
> ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18 revision 30909) [x86_64-linux]
>
>
> # in /tmp/foo.rb
> module Foo
> end
>
> module Foo::Bar
>  class Baz; end
> end
>
> class Baz
>  def say
>    "::Baz"
>  end
> end
>
> class Foo::Bar::Baz
>  def say
>    "::Foo::Bar::Baz"
>  end
>
>  def x
>    Baz.new.say
>  end
> end
>
> # in irb:
>> load '/tmp/foo.rb'
>  => true
>> Foo::Bar::Baz.new.x
>  => "::Baz" # expected `"::Foo::Bar::Baz"`
>
> =begin
> This doesn't seem like the expected result. Have I misunderstood how constants work?
> =end
>
>
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>