From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-07-10T10:46:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17576] Re: Constants and Variables

"HarryO" <harryo@zipworld.com.au> writes:

> > If you want objects that don't change, try Object#freeze,
> > Object#frozen?.
> 
> Here's a thought ... why not just say that freeze is the only way things
> are made immutable?  Then, could we not have code like ...
> 
>    MAX_SIZE = 100.freeze
> 
> to define that MAX_SIZE is a constant?

Because that freezes the object that MAX_SIZE references, not MAX_SIZE
itself.


Dave