From: David Garamond <davegaramond@...>
Date: 2002-08-26T18:00:28+09:00
Subject: warning modifying constant & 'global constant'

1. if someone attempts to modify a constant, why does ruby choose to 
emit a warning instead of a fatal error?

2. is there a beast called a 'global constant'? i tried defining $Foo 
and ruby allows me to rebind $Foo later.

thanks,
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dave