From: Michael Garriss <mgarriss@...>
Date: 2003-09-14T14:33:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Dot versus double-colon

Hal Fulton wrote:

> Even though it looks almost like recursion. Hmm, that raises
> the question of why/how this works.
>
> And another issue is: One *could* write a little module that,
> when included in a class, exposed all the class's constants in
> this way. Within five minutes I had it "almost" working. I'll
> bet someone in another timezone or with more caffeine could
> have it working in three. Anyone?
>
> Hal


module Dot
  def Dot.append_features( mod )
    mod.constants.each{|c| mod.class_eval( "def self.#{c}() #{mod}::#{c} 
end" ) }
  end
end

Hmm....you're right, it is late and this isn't well tested.

Michael