[MacRuby] #1291: Constants are erroneously found outside namespace

20 May 2011


      #1291: Constants are erroneously found outside namespace
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 Reporter:  eloy.de.enige@…          |       Owner:  lsansonetti@…        
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  blocker                  |   Milestone:                       
Component:  MacRuby                  |    Keywords:  constlookup          
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 MacRuby looks in the outer scope as well, when the user provided a full
 path to the constant:

 {{{
 $ macruby -e 'module X; end; p X::String'
 String
 }}}

 MRI doesn't do this:

 {{{
 $ ruby19 -e 'module X; end; p X::String'
 -e:1:in `<main>': uninitialized constant X::String (NameError)
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/1291>
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