From: Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@...>
Date: 2011-05-02T01:40:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Why defining a constant in a method is not allowed but using self.class.const_set is allowed?

On 04/30/2011 05:13 PM, Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 1:48 AM, I�aki Baz Castillo<ibc@aliax.net>  wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I understand that redeining a constant is not "good" in any
>> language, just wondering why Ruby, being so flexible, also behaves
>> like others.
>
> It's called a "constant". What would you expect it to be? Ever
> changing like like the wind, or steady and everlasting like the
> mountains?*

Ruby programs may operate *on* programs. One program's constant is 
another program's variable. For example: test code for a library that 
uses a constant...