From: Chris Game <chrisgame@...>
Date: 2005-07-31T00:51:04+09:00
Subject: Loading data (variables)

Hi, I'm having some trouble loading dummy data into an irb session;
I can set require="somefile" to include Classes and methods from a
file, but the set of data assignments I have in another file I
cannot load - I get the 'NameError: undefined local variable...'
message when I try to load it and then examine the data afterwards.
The only way I can get the data into the irb session is by copy and
paste - I'm sure there must be a better way?

I see there's some comment in the 'Pickaxe' about scope and local
variables from a loaded file on p.124 but I'm not at all clear as to
what to do to get them visible at the irb prompt!

-- 
Chris Game

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand."
-- Homer Simpson