From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T04:36:12+09:00
Subject: Re: require each time new

On 01/08/05, manveru <ulmo@valaraan.de> wrote:
> hi to all,
> 
> i�m trying to build a irc-bot in ruby, and i�ve no problem with that so far.
> but i�m trying to minimize the need for a restart, and want to require
> some external code at runtime.
> i know there is require "external.rb", but this seems to work only once,
> if i require a script twice while running the program and change it
> meanwhile, it doesn�t seem to use the changed code, and also i don�t
> know how i get rid of the last required code.
> 
> that�s yet another typical noob-question, i beg your pardon :)
> btw, in case you didn�t really understood what i need - the same thing
> works in php with include("somescript.php") and that�s exactly how i
> want it to become.
> 
> thx in advance
> Michael Fellinger
> 
> 

Use load instead of require. Load needs the path to the file, but will
reload everytime, require is built to load everything only once.

regards,

Brian

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