From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-09-30T04:56:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Best name for "this method" ?

Hi --

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, trans.  (T. Onoma) wrote:

> On Wednesday 29 September 2004 05:24 am, Robert Klemme wrote:
> > >> A::B()
> >
> > NoMethodError: undefined method `B' for A:Module
> >         from (irb):7
> >
> > >> include A
> >
> > => Object
> >
> > >> B()
> >
> > NoMethodError: undefined method `B' for main:Object
> >         from (irb):9
> >
> 
> I was waiting for this ;) See if you can break this one.
> 
> class Object
>   def const_get(c)
>     self.class.const_get(c)
>   end
>   def const_set(c,v)
>     self.class.const_set(c,v)
>   end
> end

I've lost track of where this is going a bit, but here you seem to be
making it look like non-module/class objects have constants:

  a = ""
  a.const_set("X",1)
  p a.const_get("X")   # 1

not to mention:

  p String::X   # 1

(i.e., indirect setting of a Class object's constant).  


David

-- 
David A. Black
dblack@wobblini.net