From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2001-05-11T09:26:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14964] Re: load and local variable scope (and constants too)

Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:14957] load and local variable scope (and constants too)"
    on 01/05/11, Phil Tomson <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com> writes:

|So, am I right in concluding that in regard to file scoping, constants 
|look more like globals?  I suppose this makes sense since if you try to 
|redefine a constant you'll get a warning which will indicate that perhaps 
|you have another constant by the same name in a differnt file.

Constants are scoped by enclosing class (Object at toplevel). Since
Object is the root for all classes, toplevel constants are like
globals, I don't recommend you to use them too much.

							matz.