From: Andrey Kulinich <Andrey.Kulinich@...>
Date: 2003-07-01T20:38:42+09:00
Subject: Re: inifinity recursion && test/unit



Brian Candler wrote:
>>#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
>>require 'test/unit'
>>
>>module Recur
>>     def self.new
>>         Recur.new
>>     end
>>end
>>
>>class Tests < Test::Unit::TestCase
>>     def test_1
>>         Recur.new
>>     end
>>end
> Yep, that's definitely a nice piece of infinite recursion. What are you
> trying to achieve?

Originally that was an error. Code:
-
module Recur
     def self.new
         Recur.new
     end

     class Recur
     end
end

Recur.new
-
But after that I rename class Recur to Another and forgot to change in 
def self.new.
Without test/unit ruby said that there is an infinite recursion. Is that 
a bug or a feature?

> module Recur
>    def self.new        ==> same as  def Recur.new

Almost. Depends on position of definition.

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