From: mengx@...
Date: 2002-02-01T23:41:30+09:00
Subject: Re: strange behavior

I meant the implementation of Ruby could be changed to search 
proxies at runtime(or there is a limitation?). Afterall, Ruby
is much more flexiable language than say, Java. But in a strange way, the
current issue reminds me of Java's inner class :-).

Thanks

-Ted

> 
> T> regarded as part of B. When C asks B for its constants, B does not search
> T> its proxy.
> 
>  C don't ask for the constants of B
> 
>  C ask if it exist a constant in its scope, and if it don't exist it will
>  search in its class
> 
>  With your example
> 
> 
> T> class A
> T> 	AA = 1
> T> end
> T> 
> T> class B < A
> T> 	BB = 1
> T> 	class C
> T> 		puts BB  => 1
> T> 		puts AA  => NameError
> T> 	end
> T> 
> T> end
> 
>  BB is found because it's defined in the scope of C
>  AA is not found because it's not defined in C, not in the scope of C, nor
>  in any classes parent of C
> 
> 
> Guy Decoux
>