From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-06-05T04:54:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Another Look at SELECTOR NAMESPACES

transfire@gmail.com wrote:
> Alex Young wrote:
> 
>> When you say "literals don't work", what do you mean?
>>
>> I get this:
>>
>> irb(main):048:0> x.show
>> #=> [X, X::Kernel, Object, Kernel]
>> #=> "Hello"
>> #=> "Hello!!!!!"
>> => nil
>>
>> What are you expecting?
> 
> Notice that when you create a string via String.new you get the
> exlamation marks.
I wouldn't expect to in any case without the .upcase call...  Did you 
mean this instead?

  def show
       p self.class.ancestors
       p "Hello".upcase # literals don't work
       p String.new("Hello").upcase
  end

-- 
Alex