From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-11-02T14:54:47+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] urirequire: I got yer Web 2.0 right here

Jeff Wood wrote:
> lib ???
> 
> shouldn't that be like 4 lines???
> 
> def net_eval( url )
> require 'open-uri'
> eval open( url ).readlines.join
> end
> 


Here's a quick variation:


require 'open-uri'
def require( resource )
   begin
     super
   rescue LoadError
     $:.each do |lp|
       if lp =~ /http:\/\//i
         begin
           s = open( "#{lp}/#{resource}" ) { |f| f.read}
           eval s
           return
         rescue; end
       end
     end
     raise LoadError.new( "Cannot find '#{resource}'")
   end
end

# Now you can add select Web sites to the load path
$:.unshift 'http://trust.me/no/really/this/is/safe'



Mix in MouseHole for more fun.

James

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