From: Phrogz <phrogz@...>
Date: 2007-09-27T12:20:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax for <stringVariable>.new ?

On Sep 26, 8:41 pm, "Chris Carter" <cdcar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kernel is a module, so it gets the Module instance methods, and Object
> (and thus all objects) mix in Kernel, so they have const_get.  The
> Module<->Class<->Object<->Kernel quartet is pretty magic in Ruby.

I don't believe this is correct. Object.const_get works because Object
is a class, and therefore an instance of the Class class, which
inherits from the Module class.

See http://phrogz.net/RubyLibs/RubyMethodLookupFlow.png

(There's no official guarantee that the diagram above is correct, but
I have not yet been able to find fault with it, and it has been
reviewed and  had corrections made thanks to some people quite
familiar with Ruby.)