From: Walton Hoops <walton@...>
Date: 2009-12-22T23:57:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbols vs. constants?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Wright [mailto:gwtmp01@mac.com]
> On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:59 AM, Walton Hoops wrote:
> > Really? For what purpose?  I can't think of any instance that you'd
> > need to change a constant where a variable wouldn't suffice (but of
> > course that doesn't mean it doesn't exist).
> 
> I think Rails uses it to reload class definitions.  That is to say that
> a particular constant, such as ArticleController, will refer to
> different class objects as the class definition changes.

Ah, that does make sense. Thank you for the clarification.