From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2011-08-15T21:52:41+09:00
Subject: Re: class inheritance and class constants

"Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@aliax.net> wrote in post #1016621:
> ------------------------
> class A
>   HELLO = "Hello I'm A"
>
>   def hello
>     puts HELLO
>   end
> end
>
> class B < A
>   HELLO = "Hello I'm B"
>
>   def hello2
>     puts HELLO
>   end
> end

Change
  puts HELLO
to
  puts self.class::HELLO

and it should work the way you want.

Ruby's constant resolution is static, unless you force it to be dynamic 
this way.

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