From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-12-19T14:58:06+09:00
Subject: Re: :: without a prefix (global?)

On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:47 PM, List Recv wrote:

> I've found some cases where things don't work correctly unless they're
> prefixed with a :: .  I'm really confused - isn't :: used to  
> specify the
> module (like Graphics::Circle)?
>
> What is ::Circle? No module?!

The constant Circle at toplevel.

$ irb
irb(main):001:0> A = 1
=> 1
irb(main):002:0> module M
irb(main):003:1> A = 2
irb(main):004:1> puts A
irb(main):005:1> puts ::A
irb(main):006:1> end
2
1
=> nil

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