From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2010-03-04T07:45:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Class vs Module in constant lookup

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Peter McLain <peter.mclain@gemstone.com> wrote:

> Constant lookup behaves differently if there is a class versus a
> module in the name:
>
>    XYZ = 10
>
>    module M
>    end
>
>    class C
>    end
>
>    p defined? M::XYZ  # => nil
>    p defined? C::XYZ  # => "constant"
>
> Is this difference intended? If so, what is the rationale?

I believe C::XYZ works because C is a subclass of Object.