From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-02-14T11:38:22+09:00
Subject: Re: module This::Encompassing::That

Hi --

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Bil Kleb wrote:

> Today, I decided I was tired of
>
>   module This
>     module Encompassing
>       module That
>          finally_some_really_overly_indented_code
>       end
>     end
>   end
>
> and tried,
>
>   module This::Encompassing::That
>     some_much_less_indented_code
>   end
>
> since I already do things like,
>
>   This::Encompassing::That.module_method
>
> but alas, it didn't work.
>
> Is there a reason why these two module aspects are not more aligned?
> I haven't looked at the source, but it seems that the module parsing
> must already be in place for constructs like This::Encompassing::That,
> so what not allow it for defining modules too?

It's possibly because that notation can mean more than one thing:

  module X
    module Y
      class Z

or

  module X
    module Y
      Z = 100

so there's no way to determine from the :: notation what you're
intending to create.


David

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