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Constants in modules
Luis
5/29/2008 4:01:00 PM
Hello,
I need to do something like this (this is a simplified version of some
other code, of course, but I don't want to get you lost in details
unrelated to the problem):
module M
CONST_A = { 'k1' => 'v1', 'k2' => 'v2' }
CONST_B = invert_hash(CONST_A)
def method1
# Do something with CONST_A
puts CONST_A
end
def method2
# Do something with CONST_B
puts CONST_B
end
def invert_hash(h)
inverted = {}
h.each_pair { |k, v| inverted[v] = k }
inverted
end
end
My intention is to be able to calculate CONST_B by invoking a method in
the module itself... but I get this error message:
tests.rb:4: undefined method `invert_hash' for M:Module (NoMethodError)
from tests.rb:1
I have tried lots of combinations by prefixing the module name, using
::, using module_function, etc., but nothing has worked.
Is there a way to do this? Of course I know there are obvious
workarounds such as defining the method outside the module, but that
would be quite ugly... and there should be a way to use code in my own
module from my own module!!!
Thanks in advance for your help,
Luis.
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2 Answers
Luis
5/29/2008 5:47:00 PM
0
Bryan JJ Buckley wrote:
> Two things - firstly, Ruby is interpreted, so invert_hash needs to be
> declared *before* you use it. Then, your methods need to be module
> methods - just put a "self." before each one, and it should work.
Yes, it works!!
I already tried defining the method as a module method by prepending the
module name to the method name, which AFAIK it is totally equivalent to
prepending self.
...But I did not realize that the constant code is executed when reading
the module, so I had to define the method before.
Thank you!
Luis.
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Dave Bass
5/29/2008 9:20:00 PM
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Luis Crespo wrote:
> ...But I did not realize that the constant code is executed when reading
> the module, so I had to define the method before.
Yes, this is a common gotcha.
Personally I like to have the main program at the top of my code, but
Ruby wants me to put it at the bottom, so it's seen all the function
definitions before I try to call them. You can get around it like this:
def main
# ...
end
def function1
# ...
end
def function2
# ...
end
main
Defining a "main" function comes naturally to C programmers, but in Ruby
you actually have to call it at the bottom. ;-)
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