From: Quintus <sutniuq@...>
Date: 2010-11-15T19:21:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Faking constants with methods

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Am 15.11.2010 11:02, schrieb niklas | brueckenschlaeger:
> Thank you, but that would only work if the constant isn't defined. Maybe
> I wasn't being clear: I want to override a constant within an object
> with a method.
> 
>   class Bar
>   end
> 
>   class Foo
>     def Bar
>     end
> 
>     def some_method
>       Bar.something # this resolves to constant Bar, not method Bar
>     end
>   end
> 

That should be possible with #send:

class Bar
end

class Foo
  def Bar
  end

  def some_method
    self.send(:Bar).something
  end
end

Not nice to read, but works. But I'm not sure if that meets your
original intention of a convenient method to do it...

Vale,
Marvin
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