From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2003-03-18T03:57:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a ruby equivalent of "using" to help with namespaces?

Sam Roberts wrote:
> I've:
> 
>   module Rfc2425
>     class DirectoryInfo
>       class Field
>       end
>     end
>   end
> 
> But doing Rfc2425::DirectoryInfo::Field.new is a little much. So much,
> that I'm considering reorganizing things so that the line is shorter.
> Perhaps rename DirectoryInfo to "Base", maybe move Field back into
> Rfc2425.
> 
> But... the way it is now is Right, why should I rearrange it to solve
> an ease-of-use problem?
> 
> Is there another way, maybe that would allow:
> 
>   using Rfc2425::DirectoryInfo::Field
> 
>   Field.new

Field = Rfc2425::DirectoryInfo::Field

Field.new

You might want to wrap the above 2 lines in a module, so as not to 
define Field globally.