From: Ammar Ali <ammarabuali@...>
Date: 2010-10-19T16:51:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Constant Lookup Confusion

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trying to dynamically set a constant, but I seem to either be defining it in
> the wrong place, or looking for it in the wrong place.
>
>
>
> module ClassMaker
>  def self.make_class( classname , default )
>    theclass = Class.new do
>      extend ClassMethods
>      const_set :DEFAULT , default
>    end
>    Object.const_set classname , theclass
>  end
>
>  module ClassMethods
>    def reset
>      @value = DEFAULT
>    end
>  end
> end
>
> ClassMaker.make_class 'MyClass' , :my_default
>
> begin
>  MyClass.reset
> rescue => e
>  e # => #<NameError: uninitialized constant
> ClassMaker::ClassMethods::DEFAULT>
> end
>

Try self::DEFAULT in #reset, that seems to do the trick.

Regards,
Ammar