From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2002-12-20T07:43:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Cannot define constant END

Thanks a lot !!!

I just checked with pickaxe and found that BEGIN and END declare blocks to
be executed on file load and program exit respectively. Sorry for not
checking before posting.

Gennady.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:34 PM
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.
>
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>
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