From: Lloyd Zusman <ljz@...>
Date: 2005-02-20T11:44:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamically loading and executing within a new module?

Christoph <chr_mail@gmx.net> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman schrieb:
>
>>However, the "eval fname.capitalize" part doesn't create a new module,
>>and that's part of what is confusing me about all this.  Given a string
>>"Foo", what do I do to it in order to create a module object with that
>>name?
>>
>>
> use Module#new   - for example
>
> ---
> MyNameSpace.const_set   fname.capitalize,   Module.new
> ---
>
> You can automate things
>
> class MyModule < Module
>     def initialize(fname)
>         ::MyNameSpace.const_set  fname.capitalize, self
>         # maybe add the the MyModule method
>        # using the text file ....
>      end
> end
>  /Christoph

Aha! ... that's a great idea.  I love how ruby (like Smalltalk) makes
classes, objects, etc. into first-class objects.

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