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Feature #9941

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Issue a warning when `module` or `class` keyword causes re-initialization of a constant that will become the module/class name, instead of creating/reopening the module/class

Added by alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov) almost 10 years ago. Updated about 2 years ago.

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Target version:
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[ruby-core:63152]

Description

I think that it would be appropriate to issue a warning similar to "warning: already initialized constant" when "module" or "class" keyword causes re-initialization of a constant. Here is an example of code that looks suspicious to me and IMO should issue such a warning:

module A
  module B
    C = 1
  end
end

module D
  include A
end

puts D.constants # => B
puts D::B        # => A::B
puts D::B::C     # => 1

module D::B
end

puts D.constants # => B
puts D::B        # => D::B
puts D::B::C     # => uninitialized constant D::B::C (NameError)

P.S. I think this behavior is related to the impossibility to re-open anonymous classes/modules and to the somewhat strange IMO scoping rules for constants :).

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Updated by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA) about 2 years ago

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