From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2002-12-20T07:34:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Cannot define constant END

BEGIN and END are reserved Ruby keywords (like 'if', 'else' and 'while').
You can't use them for variables.

You can use '_HOME' and '_END' if you like.

Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137

On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Gennady wrote:

> I am trying to define a class constant named END like
>
> class Test
>   HOME = 0
>   END = 1
> end
>
> This produces compiler error:
>
> test.rb:3: parse error
>   END = 1
>              ^
>
> Is 'END' a reserved keyword in Ruby ('end' is, i know :-) )?
>
> Thank you,
> Gennady.