From: Tom Link <micathom@...>
Date: 2009-02-04T03:37:21+09:00
Subject: Re: What kind of inheritance is that?

> What kind of inheritance is HTTPServer << ::WEBrick, I don't undestand de ::
> before. What does it means?

It's there to make sure the right class is used. Try:

class A
    def foo
        "a"
    end
end

module B
    class A
        def foo
            "ba"
        end
    end

    p A.new.foo
    p ::A.new.foo
end

"ba"
"a"
=> nil