From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-09-21T21:13:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with constants

Hi --

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, ts wrote:

>>>>>> "D" == David A Black <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:
>
> D> aren't closures.  I'm pretty sure that what's happening is that the
> D> constant references are being resolved at compile-time, so that by the time
> D> Y.a is run, the reference inside X.a has been permanently resolved to
> D> X::A.
>
> Well not really : ruby *want* that you think that the constants are resolved
> statically
>
> [ruby-talk:32774]
>
> "Those rules provide you the "illusion" of statically scoped constants."

Darn, I thought that by avoiding the word "statically" I was safe :-)


David

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