From: Michael Garriss <mgarriss@...>
Date: 2003-09-14T14:54:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Dot versus double-colon

Hal Fulton wrote:

> Michael Garriss wrote:
>
>> Michael Garriss wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> Has to be included after all consts are defined......working on 
>> that......
>
>
> constant_added might help. and fyi, I was trying to use
> define_method rather than eval'ing a string. wonder if
> the techniques are interchangeable?
>

Not sure.  For some reason I never use #define_method.  I tend to get a 
little #eval happy sometimes.  It was just so exicting when I learned 
about #eval that I have trouble putting it down.  I'll have to add 
#define_method (and #constant_added for that matter) to my bag 'o tricks.

Michael