# Re: Constant in Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-constant-in-ruby/59505>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 3, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-constant-in-ruby/59505 "2006-05-03T19:11:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gennady\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Gennady\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gennady_B)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-constant-in-ruby/59505/1 "2006-05-03T19:11:01Z")

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Ruby issues a warning when assigning to already initialized constant.  
Unless, of course, you run it with -W0 option.

Gennady.