From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2005-11-29T02:17:29+09:00
Subject: Oops, my fault...

Ahem, well, forget the third question. I'm blaming Eclipse's CVS handling  
- I thought the copy seemed a bit small. Hope I didn't waste anyone's time  
with that...

What I came up with for this (a better example):

     def blah_blah
       @sh = Object.new
       class << @sh
         require 'code_that_adds_new_Object_methods'

         def new_obj
           Object.new
         end
			
       end
       @sh
     end

[ The new methods get applied to @sh only ].

(Quoting me):
> I don't know, for example, what happens with objects instantiated in  
> that 'scope' (or is this about namespaces?)if they get passed back to  
> the main program? I'd guess the methods are retained, because that's  
> what happens with the shobject, right? (I can call the file ops from  
> IRB), but I've fallen into that trap before  If that's so, then what  
> happensin case of a conflict?  How does it work, and are there (m)any  
> gotchas to watch for?

Is that it doesn't work at all, apart from with Rake (like the previous  
example). So I guess it must be something about the way require is used in  
Rake? I'd have to look into it a bit more I guess...

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk