For Object, "parent" would be == self, but Object is special-cased in the
first half of the condition.
IMO, the second condition is redundant.
On Nov 10, 2007 10:15 PM, Xavier Noria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Module#parent is defined in introspection.rb as
>
> def parent
> parent_name = name.split('::')[0..-2] * '::'
> parent_name.empty? ? Object : parent_name.constantize
> end
>
> And dependencies.rb defines Class#const_missing as
>
> def const_missing(class_id)
> if [Object, Kernel].include?(self) || parent == self
> super
> end
> ...
> end
>
> If the || is not redundant there has to be a self different from
> Object whose parent is himself, but I can't figure out an example.
> Just to understand that line, is there any?
>
> -- fxn
>
>
> >
>
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