From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-10-03T22:53:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22000] Re: Class const in a super class

>>>>> "J" == Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> writes:

J> I am trying to define a constant in a superclass,
J> but use that const in the base class.

pigeon% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
class Base
   def initialize
      puts "classconst: #{type::CLASSCONST}"
   end
end

class A1 < Base
   CLASSCONST = "a1"
end

class A2 < Base
   CLASSCONST = "a2"
end
A1.new
A2.new
pigeon% 

pigeon% b.rb
classconst: a1
classconst: a2
pigeon% 


Guy Decoux