From: Arlen Cuss <celtic@...>
Date: 2008-04-19T21:09:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Included in Kernel, yet won't show up in `C::ancestors'?

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Hi Peter,

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Calamitas <calamitates@gmail.com> wrote:

> You've bumped here into what some people call the double inclusion
> problem or the dynamic inclusion problem. With modules in modules, the
> order of the inclusions matters.
>


> The reinclusion of Kernel in Object doesn't result in it being
> included twice (Ruby tries to prevent that from happening), but it
> does update the recursive inclusion.
>


> So basically, Kernel is nothing special in this regard, except that by
> its predefinition it resulted in a different inclusion order than your
> other test cases.


Amazing!

Thank you very much! You answered my (rather unnecessarily difficultly
worded) question perfectly! It is somewhat comforting to know this is an
implementation detail.

HTH,


> Peter
>

Warmest thanks and regards,
Arlen

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