From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-08-12T23:46:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Dear RubyGems: Perhaps a better way to override require...


Mauricio Fern�ndez wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 06:14:21AM +0900, Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>
> I often prefer something like:
>
> batsman@tux-chan:/tmp$ cat gfdhoidhi.rb
>
> module Kernel
>     meth = instance_method(:require)
>     define_method(:require) do |s|
>         puts "New require(1), reusing old definition"
>         meth.bind(self).call(s)
>     end
> end
>
>
> module Kernel
>     meth = instance_method(:require)
>     define_method(:require) do |s|
>         puts "New require(2), reusing old definition"
>         meth.bind(self).call(s)
>     end
> end
>
> require 'English'
> puts $PID
> batsman@tux-chan:/tmp$ ruby gfdhoidhi.rb
> New require(2), reusing old definition
> New require(1), reusing old definition
> 4582
>
> especially in 1.9, of course.

Although, there still needs to be a way to selectively bypass. For
instance I have a method Kernel#require_all, which requires files based
on a glob pattern eg.

  require_all 'dir/*'

But I can't have this routing through my escaping require; I need to by
pass that.

T.