From: "Klaus Spreckelsen,NB 7/129,22329" <ks@...1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Date: 2003-10-10T01:24:55+09:00
Subject: Problem with Struct in Ruby 1.8.0

I have a problem with class Struct in Ruby 1.8.0.

The following lines are ok in Ruby 1.6.8, but not 
in 1.8.0.

puts defined? File::Stat
p Struct.new(File.name, 'key').new
p Struct.new(File::Stat.name, 'key').new


Output in ruby 1.6.8 (2002-12-24) [i386-linux-gnu]

constant
#<Struct::File key=nil>
#<Struct::File::Stat key=nil>


Output in ruby 1.8.0 (2003-02-08) [i686-linux]

constant
#<Struct::File key=nil>
t:3:in `new': identifier File::Stat needs to be constant (NameError)
        from t:3


Is this new behaviour intended?

Klaus Spreckelsen