控制器模块中的未初始化常量

Question

I have this controller

  module GaReporting
    module Api

      class GaGatheringController < ApplicationController
        client = Google::APIClient.new(...)
      end
    end
  end

However I get an uninitialized constant error for the uninitialized constant GaReporting::Api::GaGatheringController::Google

This is curious since this line works fine when I just call it in a "normal" controller that is not inside any modules.

How do I fix this and why is it not working?

Answer 1

adding require 'google/api_client' in the class does the trick. Interesting that in the module the require statement is -- pardon the pun -- required since in a regular controller it is not.