From: Stefan Schmiedl <s@...>
Date: 2001-11-17T06:06:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25669] Re: Constants and Variables

HarryO (2001-11-17 03:35):

> >    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.

it seems like you are preventing the Fixnum instance 100
from changing.
if you want to prevent binding max_size to another object,
you might want to try a constant MAX_SIZE instead.

s.

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