From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2011-11-30T15:04:58+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:41406] Re: [ruby-trunk - Bug #5690][Open] Module#qualified_const_get

Hi,

In message "Re: [ruby-core:41404] [ruby-trunk - Bug #5690][Open] Module#qualified_const_get"
    on Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:10:02 +0900, Yehuda Katz <wycats@gmail.com> writes:

|It would be great if there was a way to dynamically load a constant path:
|
|  module Foo
|    module Bar
|      module Baz
|      end
|    end
|  end
|
|  Foo.qualified_const_get("Bar::Baz") => Foo::Bar::Baz

Interesting.

* is there any use-case for this method?
* if Bar is not a class nor module, what kind error should be raised?
* is qualified_const_get an appropriate name for the function?

							matz.