From: elderburn@...
Date: 2001-09-16T12:58:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21249] Re: Redefining constants

On Saturday 15 September 2001 17:59, Johann Hibschman wrote:
> >>>>> "ts" == ts  <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> writes:
>
>     ts>  Well, you're trying to change the class hierarchy. See
>     ts> [ruby-talk:20766] about this
>
>     ts>  http://www.ruby-talk.com/20766
>
> Thanks for the reference.  So the answer is that I can't?  This is
> inconvenient for interactive development, but I can work around it.
> Why isn't there a way to simply unbind a class name or other
> identifier, then redefine it?
>
> --Johann

The answer is you -shouldn't- be able to, per definition of
"constant".

However, this does not mean you can't isolate "fixed variables" within
a class or module or even as a block.

Regards,

Kent Starr
elderburn@mindspring.com