From: Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>
Date: 2009-06-21T01:05:23+09:00
Subject: Re: 'move into' a module's namespace in irb

aha...i was just playing with this in irb and found something puzzling - 
would you mind, while we're on this subject, explaining it to me?

>> module M; class String; def how_long; "could be anything"; end; end; end

#here, "hello" and String.new are the same class
>> include M
=> Object
>> "hello".class
=> String
>> String.new.class
=> String

#here, they're not the same class
>> irb M
>> "hello".class
=> String
>> String.new.class
=> M::String

It looks like the core String and the module's version are colliding in 
a weird way.


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