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Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby

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7stud -- wrote in post #998081:
> RichardOnRails wrote in post #998059:
>>
>
> 1) Your case statement syntax doesn't work in ruby 1.9.2:
>
> prog.rb:4: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting keyword_then or ','
> or ';' or '\n'
>
> You have to use 'then' in place of a colon.
>
> 2) Next, I get this error:
>
> prog.rb:67:in `evaluate': uninitialized constant Not::All (NameError)
>   from prog.rb:74:in `<main>'
>
> which relates to this code:
>
> class Not < Expression
>   def initialize(expression)
>     @expression = expression
>   end
>
>   def evaluate(dir)
>     all = All.new.evaluate(dir)
>     other = @expression.evaluate(dir)
>     all - other
>   end
> end
>
> In ruby, constants are looked up like directories and files (or if you
> prefer constants are 'lexically scoped').  When you
> are inside the Not class (which is a module), the 'directory' you are in
> for constant lookups is the 'Not' directory.  When you write All.new,
> because the name All is not preceded by a directory name, ruby looks in
> the current 'directory' for the constant All.  The current directory is
> Not, so ruby is looking for Not::All, i.e. the 'file' All in the
> 'directory' Not.  However, All is not defined inside Not, so you get an
> error.  In fact, there is no constant named All defined anywhere in
> your program, so the error is more serious than a scope problem.
>
> If you are inside a class/module and you need to access a class at the
> top level, you do this:
>
> class All
>   def greet
>     puts 'hi'
>   end
> end
>
>
> class Dog
>   def do_stuff
>     ::All.new.greet  #<*****
>   end
> end
>
> Dog.new.do_stuff  #=>hi
>

In fact, that is unnecessary:

class All
  def greet
    puts 'hi'
  end
end


class Dog
  def do_stuff
    All.new.greet  #<*****
  end
end

Dog.new.do_stuff  #=>hi


I guess the lookup actually starts at the toplevel.  So your error is a 
result of not defining the constant All at the toplevel, and ruby 
obfuscates the error by telling you that All is not defined inside the 
Not module, giving you the error message: Not::All doesn't exist.

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Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-11 10:15 -0700
  Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-11 12:52 -0500
    Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-11 12:53 -0500
    Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-11 13:37 -0500
      Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-11 18:07 -0700
    Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-11 17:30 -0700
  Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-11 14:28 -0500
    Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-11 15:23 -0500
      Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-11 15:26 -0500
        Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-11 15:45 -0500
      Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-11 15:34 -0500
        Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-11 15:48 -0500
          Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-12 08:59 -0700
            Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-12 20:56 -0500
              Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-12 21:11 -0500
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-12 21:18 -0500
              Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-13 00:28 -0700
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-13 09:46 -0500
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-13 10:55 -0700
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-13 12:50 -0500
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> - 2011-05-13 13:14 -0500
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-23 19:24 -0700
              Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-24 20:33 -0700
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-25 17:30 -0500
                Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@USComputerGurus.com> - 2011-05-27 22:08 -0700
  Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-12 21:20 -0500
    Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-12 21:26 -0500
  Re: Scope problem (?) in implementing Design Patterns in Ruby Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> - 2011-05-13 12:29 -0500

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