How to I make private class constants in Ruby

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In Ruby how does one create a private class constant? (i.e one that is visible inside the class but not outside)

class Person
  SECRET='xxx' # How to make class private??

  def show_secret
    puts "Secret: #{SECRET}"
  end
end

Person.new.show_secret puts Person::SECRET # I'd like this to fail

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