From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-02-19T13:20:57+09:00
Subject: Re: succint access to constants/class methods?

Csaba Henk wrote:
> One of the things I deeply like in ruby that succintness is an intrinsic
> design principle.
> 
> Ruby is just the opposite of that what the infamous standard Java
> "hello world" encapsulates. In general. But it seems to me that there
> are some problem with proper access to constants and class methods and
> succintness.

This may not give you quite the answer you are looking for, but it may 
help explain the behavior you are seeing:

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?ClassMethodsTutorial


James