From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-05-06T22:06:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Module as namespace

Hi,

At Tue, 6 May 2003 21:41:20 +0900,
Jim Freeze wrote:
> I was wondering, is there a difference between the following
> two definitions of class C?
> 
>   module Fred; end
>   class Fred::C; end
> 
> or
> 
>   module Fred
>     class C
>     end
>   end

In the former case, a constant defined in Fred can not be
accessed from C.  Equivalent for other points.

module Fred; A = 1; end
class Fred::C
  p A # => error
end
module Fred
  class C
    p A # => ok, prints 1
  end
end

-- 
Nobu Nakada