From: eastcoastcoder@...
Date: 2006-03-16T05:28:46+09:00
Subject: Using const_missing to do automatic require

I'd like to def const_missing to require the appropriate file, without
needing to put require 'filename' in the top of my code.

Something like

const_missing MyMod::MyClass --> require 'my_mod/my_class' ; return
MyMod::MyClass

I got this idea from ActiveRecord.

Any comments / advice on using this for general programmign?  Any
reason not to?  I think it would clean up a lot of the require lines,
and make refactoring (and moving things around) easier, without really
detracting.