From: ts Date: 2005-09-22T18:13:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Problem with constants >>>>> "S" == =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Simon Kr=F6ger?= writes: S> /me still puzzled Well another stupid example require 'a' class B < A X = 24 def b X end end B::a do you expect to have `24' when potentially you don't know that the method A::a use the constant X ? Guy Decoux