From: mental@...
Date: 2006-03-10T09:25:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Namespaces / Modules

Quoting eastcoastcoder@gmail.com:

> If I'm in the middle of module A::B::C, and I want to reference a
> class from A::B or from A::B::D, do I need to
> do ::A::B::Classname (or ::A::B::D::Classname)?
>
> It seems a bit repititous to me.  A module shouldn't need to know
> it's ancestors all the way up - just what it needs to use.
> Having to keep track couples modules to a tree and obstructs
> refactoring.
>
> So, what say the veteran Rubyists?

Try it!

 module A
   module B
     class Foo
     end
     module D
       class Bar
       end
     end
   end
   module C
     p B::Foo
     p B::D::Bar
   end
 end

-mental