From: niklas | brueckenschlaeger <niklas@...>
Date: 2010-11-15T18:21:48+09:00
Subject: Faking constants with methods

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Hi.

I was wondering why this wouldn't work:

  class Bar
  end

  class Foo
    def initialize
      # doesn't call the method, but gives me the class instead.
      p Bar.inspect=20
    end

    def Bar
      "whatever"
    end
  end

I know this is bad style anyway, but would be kind of convenient in
rails controllers:

  def ProfileField
    ProfileField.for_user(current_user) # for_user being a scope
  end

  # somewhere else in controller:
  ProfileField.find(:all)

Anyone got an idea how to "fake" constants that way?



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