From: Martin Elzen <martinelzen@...>
Date: 2004-05-14T00:55:26+09:00
Subject: Re: C++ namespaces in Ruby

Robert <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote:
< I beg to differ: first, your statement isn't true (if I understood you
< correctly).  Second, modules are not meant to be instantiated       < 
directly, which is the same with C++ namespaces.

In reply to my comment that Ruby classes resemble C++ namespaces more 
closely than Ruby modules do.  Um...  I *thought* that the Pick-axe book 
said something along the lines of: "Ruby modules may contain only constants 
and functions."  Which seemed to me to be the same as saying that 
non-constant objects were not allowed in modules.  However, it turns out 
that non-constants *are* permitted in modules, which makes them much more 
like C++ namespaces than I'd originally thought.  Thanks for pointing this 
out Robert!  LOL   Now all I have to do is prepare to move a number of 
functions out of a class and into a module!  :-)

Sincerely,
Martin