Where to store abbreviations for long class names in Rails?

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I constantly need to use long class name like 

SomeReallyLongModuleName::AnotherLongModuleName::YetAnotherLongClassName

in the project. I want to access this class by something like YALCN. Where it's the best to keep definition like 

YALCN = SomeReallyLongModuleName::AnotherLongModuleName::YetAnotherLongClassName

And is it a common practice, or people constantly use fully-qualified long name?

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3 Answers

If this is only for Rails console usage, I'd put them into /lib/aliases.rb or somewhere similar and require the file when needed.

user_47996590

You could make "local" aliases. Something like this:

class Another
  YALCN = SomeReallyLongModuleName::AnotherLongModuleName::YetAnotherLongClassName

  def do_something
    YALCN.new # or whatever
  end
end
user_1258160

To avoid problems with autoloading, I'd keep the short constants in the same place they're used.

And is it a common practice, or people constantly use fully-qualified long name?

I haven't seen this too often.

user_5803460
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