October 18, 2017
This blog is part of our Ruby 2.5 series.
irb> class Project
irb> end
=> nil
irb> class Category
irb> end
=> nil
irb> Project::Category
(irb):5: warning: toplevel constant Category referenced by Project::Category
=> Category
Ruby 2.4 returns the top level constant with a warning if it is unable to find a constant in the specified scope.
This does not work well in cases where we need constants to be defined with same name at top level and also in the same scope.
irb> class Project
irb> end
=> nil
irb> class Category
irb> end
=> nil
irb> Project::Category
NameError: uninitialized constant Project::Category
Did you mean? Category
from (irb):5
Ruby 2.5 throws an error if it is unable to find a constant in the specified scope.
Here is the relevant commit and discussion.
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