From: ES <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2005-02-21T06:22:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting a method or class within a file

Asfand Yar Qazi wrote:

> Austin Ziegler wrote:
> 
>>>
>>> But then I'll have to store 2 entries: filename and module name.  But
>>> I suppose that's ok.  Perhaps I should use the following syntax:
>>>
>>> Module@path/to/file.rb
>>>
>>> to show that a module is in a certain file?
>>
>>
>>
>> It sounds like you're basically doing a plugin framework.
> 
> 
> I want to be able to load up objects 'on demand', i.e. when they're 
> needed and not before.  In a very simple way, nothing fancy.

Kernel#autoload might be of use if you have a discrete set of files?

>>
>> Ruwiki uses something like this when reading its Token classes. Look
>> at lib/ruwiki/wiki/tokens.rb to see how I do it.
>>
>> There is a plugin framework (FreeBASE) that may also be suitable for
>> you in this instance.
>>
> 
> Ah, thanks I'll take a look.

E