From: Ara.T.Howard@...
Date: 2004-09-02T02:45:23+09:00
Subject: Re: accessing superclass variables

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Nicolaj Soendberg Madsen wrote:

> How do I access an outer variable from within a nested class?
>
> Is it possible to directly access them?


   jib:~ > cat a.rb
   class Outer
     CONST = 42
     p CONST
     class Inner
       CONST = 42.0
       p CONST
       p Outer::CONST
       p ::Outer::CONST
     end
     p Inner::CONST
   end

   p Outer::CONST
   p Outer::Inner::CONST
   p ::Outer::CONST
   p ::Outer::Inner::CONST


   jib:~ > ruby a.rb
   42
   42.0
   42
   42
   42.0
   42
   42.0
   42
   42.0

initial '::' means 'start at the very top level.  not needed here - but good to
know.

cheers.

-a
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