From: Magnus Holm <judofyr@...>
Date: 2010-05-12T18:35:38+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:30178] Re: [Problem] DATA and __END__ in a loaded rb file

Right now you'll have to do something like:

  data = File.read(__FILE__) =~ /^__END__\n/ && $' || ''

// Magnus Holm



On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:33, Charles Cui <zheng.cuizh@gmail.com> wrote:
> how to get global constant DATA in file <a.rb>,if a.rb is loaded by b.rb.
> when b.rb is exec by Ruby,even if the DATA is used in a.rb,infact the DATA
> is from b.rb,
> because a.rb is loaded by b.rb.
> how to resolve it?
> such as:
> <b.rb> :
> Cui$ cat /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p160/bin/roadrunner
> #!/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p160/bin/ruby
> #
> # This file was generated by RubyGems.
> #
> # The application 'roadrunner' is installed as part of a gem, and
> # this file is here to facilitate running it.
> #
> require 'rubygems'
> version = ">= 0"
> if ARGV.first =~ /^_(.*)_$/ and Gem::Version.correct? $1 then
> ����version = $1
> ����ARGV.shift
> end
> gem 'roadrunner', version
> load Gem.bin_path('roadrunner', 'roadrunner', version)
> <a.rb>
> #this is code
> __END__
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> #main.rb
> #this is the DATA