From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2001-10-24T23:24:32+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23194] Re: class variables and inheritance

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Fritz Heinrichmeyer wrote:

> I found out that Class constants work right, i access them with
>
> self.class::Exampleconstat

Is this what you are looking for?

irb(main):001:0> class Foo
irb(main):002:1> A = 1
irb(main):003:1> def foo; A; end
irb(main):004:1> end
nil
irb(main):005:0> Foo.new.foo
1
irb(main):006:0> class Bar < Foo
irb(main):007:1> def bar; A; end
irb(main):008:1> end
nil
irb(main):009:0> Bar.new.bar
1
irb(main):010:0> class Bar < Foo
irb(main):011:1> A = 42
irb(main):012:1> end
42
irb(main):013:0> Bar.new.bar
42
irb(main):014:0> Foo.new.foo
1

Paul