From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2004-11-14T02:09:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting Module from Symbol

>>>>> "B" == Brian =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Schr=F6der?= <Brian> writes:

B> Ah, thanks. I thought that as I were in Kernel, and Kernel is a Object,
B> I could use const_get directly.  

 at top level self is an instance of Object, this is why it give an error
 in your case

uln% ruby -e 'module M end; p self.const_get(:M)'
-e:1: undefined method `const_get' for main:Object (NoMethodError)
uln% 


B> But I imagine that it is a module method, and as such the receiver is
B> the class btw. module not the instance (kernel). Correct? 

 well #const_get is defined in Module

 but probably you don't need to see what follow :-)


uln% ruby -e 'module M end; p Kernel.const_get(:M)'
M
uln%

uln% ruby -e 'module M end; p Object.const_get(:M)'
M
uln%

uln% ruby -e 'module M end; p Array.const_get(:M)'
M
uln% 


Guy Decoux