From: HarryO <harryo@...>
Date: 2001-11-17T03:31:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25575] Re: Constants and Variables

In article <20010710.111144.452867621.16755@zipworld.com.au>, "HarryO"
<harryo@zipworld.com.au> wrote:

>>    max_size = 100.freeze
> 
> I just tried this and it doesn't work!!  In fact, even if I do ...
> 
>    max_size.freeze
> 
> I can still chane it.  What's the story there?  Obviously, I'm missing
> something about how freeze works.

What I find even more bizarre is that even if I make it 

   MAX_SIZE= 100

if I then do 

   MAX_SIZE = 666

all I get is a warning, but it then actually changes the value of MAX,
anyway

This doesn't sound like it's much of a constant, to me !!