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Constant lookup limitation in Ruby
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CONSTANT.rb
class Foo
def self.showConstant
puts CONSTANT
end
end
class SubFoo < Foo
CONSTANT='SubFoo string'
end
SubFoo.showConstant
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⚡ ruby CONSTANT.rb
CONSTANT.rb:3:in `showConstant': uninitialized constant Foo::CONSTANT (NameError)
from CONSTANT.rb:10:in `<main>'
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