[ruby 1.8.7] nested namespaces need physical nesting for const_missing? to work

1_no_workie.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

class Balls
    BALLS = 1
end

class Balls::Dongs
    def doit
        puts "balls = #{BALLS}"
    end
end

Balls::Dongs.new.doit

__END__

$ ruby test.rb
/tmp/test.rb:9:in `doit': uninitialized constant Balls::Dongs::BALLS (NameError)
	from /tmp/test.rb:13
$

2_yes_workie.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

class Balls
    BALLS = 1
end

class Balls
    class Dongs
        def doit
            puts "balls = #{BALLS}"
        end
    end
end

Balls::Dongs.new.doit

__END__

$ ruby test.rb
balls = 1
$