On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Timothy Hunter wrote:

> Logan Capaldo wrote:
>>
>> #constants is getting the constants directly. (What you want is  
>> the values of the constants.) AFAIK there is no built in way to do  
>> this. The code isn't terribly long though anyway is it?
>>
>> class Module
>>   def constant_values
>>     constants.map { |constant| const_get(constant) }
>>   end
>> end
>>
>>
>
> ri says that Module#constants returns an array of constant names.  
> For some reason this reminds me of this bit of _Alice Through the  
> Looking Glass_, where Alice is talking to the Knight,
>
>

[snip brilliant through the looking glass quote]

To which I reply:
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone,  
'it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so  
many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master --  
that's all.'