From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2005-12-07T03:32:54+09:00
Subject: Re: simple scope question

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Glenn M. Lewis wrote:

> Is it possible to place another file within the same scope
> as another file that loads it?
> For example, I can't get this to work:
> -----------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> # file1.rb
> file1 = "something"
> -----------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> # file2.rb
> load 'file1.rb'
> puts file1
> -----------------------------------------
>
> C:/>file2.rb
> C:/file2.rb:4: undefined local variable or method `file1' for main:Object 
> (NameError)
>
> Of course, I could make them global variables, but it would be nice if I
> could load it in with the same scope.
>
> Any ideas?

i assume you are making a config file?  why not use yaml?

-a
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