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Feature #10406

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Method starting with a capital is not detected when parentheses and receiver are omitted

Added by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) over 9 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Target version:
[ruby-core:65810]

Description

A method whose name starts with a capital is not detected when parentheses and receiver are omitted.

def Foo; puts "foo" end
Foo # => uninitialized constant Foo

If I disambiguate it as a method, then the method is detected:

Foo() # => foo

This kind of consideration if unnecessary if the method name does not start with a capital.

def foo; puts "foo" end
foo # => foo

So I expect method Foo to be detected without explicit receiver and arguments (unless there is a constant with the same name).

def Foo; puts "foo" end

I first thought this as a bug. If it is not a bug, then I would like to ask this as a feature request.

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 9 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
  • Category set to syntax
  • Status changed from Open to Assigned
  • Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
  • Target version set to 3.0

It's a ruby's naming rule.

Updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh) over 9 years ago

I believe this is intentional. Otherwise, we would become unable to refer Array, Integer, Float, String, and Hash classes because of Kernel#Array and so on ;-)

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Yusuke Endoh

Updated by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) over 9 years ago

Yusuke Endoh wrote:

I believe this is intentional. Otherwise, we would become unable to refer Array, Integer, Float, String, and Hash classes because of Kernel#Array and so on ;-)

Just like local variables have precedence over method look up, I expect that constants have precedence over method look up, so I don't think that would be a problem.

Updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh) over 9 years ago

Oops, I see. Sorry for the noise!

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Yusuke Endoh

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) over 9 years ago

  • Status changed from Assigned to Rejected

Unlike local variables, constants are not resolved statically. That's the reason behind this behavior.
If you have further demand, reopen the issue.

Matz.

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