From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2007-06-26T00:06:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Q: how to start a module name with a lower case character?

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On 6/25/07, Mark Watson <mark.watson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to write Ruby classes to model RDF, RDFS, and Owl, much
> like SWCLOS does for Common Lisp:
>
> module Rdfs
> ...
> end
>
> x = Rdfs::Class.new(Rdfs::Label => "label_1")
>
> It would be nice to have a hack that would allow module names to start
> with a lower case letter. Any ideas?
>
> It would also be good to be able to alias "::" to ":" so that I could
> use a syntax like:
>
> rdfs:Label
>
> Any ideas and references to things to read, no matter how hack-like,
> will be appreciated.
>
>
>
I can think of two hacks, one to get lowercase module names, and one to get
a single colon, but they aren't compatible with each other:

Lowercase module name:

rdfs = Module.new do
  ... code ...
end

(Note that rdfs is a local variable, with all the attendant scoping issues)


rdfs:Label syntax:

module Rdfs
   ... code ...
end

def rdfs( name )
   Rdfs.const_get(name)
end

rdfs:Label # yuck

You know if you really want to make look just like the syntax you want, you
can use strings. I would not recommend abusing ruby to the extent you would
have to almost acheive what you want.

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