From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2014-10-09T14:11:54+02:00
Subject: [ruby-core:65561] Re: is there a name for this?

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On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@ruby-lang.org> wrote:

On 2014/10/09 20:41, Xavier Noria wrote:
> > When describing stuff about constants (working in their guide), you
> often need to refer to the first element of the nesting, or Object if the
> nesting is empty.
> >
> > I don't recall this has a user-level name, is there an internal name for
> it that the guide could use?
>
> Maybe "cref", as an implementation detail name?
>

Awesome, if it was fine to promote "cref" to a user-level name the guide
could define it and use it where necessary. That would be handy.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
hu, Oct 9, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Nobuyoshi Nakada <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:nobu@ruby-lang.org" target=3D"_blank">nobu@ruby-lang.org</a>&gt;=
</span> wrote:</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef=
t:1ex"><span class=3D"">On 2014/10/09 20:41, Xavier Noria wrote:<br>
&gt; When describing stuff about constants (working in their guide), you of=
ten need to refer to the first element of the nesting, or Object if the nes=
ting is empty.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I don&#39;t recall this has a user-level name, is there an internal na=
me for it that the guide could use?<br>
<br>
</span>Maybe &quot;cref&quot;, as an implementation detail name?<br></block=
quote><div><br></div><div>Awesome, if it was fine to promote &quot;cref&quo=
t; to a user-level name the guide could define it and use it where necessar=
y. That would be handy.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></di=
v>

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