From: Bill Guindon <agorilla@...>
Date: 2006-03-24T05:05:49+09:00
Subject: Re: DATA.readlines in an inner file

On 3/23/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Bill Guindon wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to use DATA.readlines to read the data (below
> > __END__) in a file that's been required/included?  I want the read
> > code to be inside the included/required file.
> >
> > --
> > Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
> > The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
> >
> >
>
> i don't think one can do it directly, but:
>

Thanks much, was hoping there was a more elegant solution.  I was just
going to use it to avoid a 'here doc' block.  Now, the 'here doc'
doesn't look so bad ;)

>      harp:~ > cat b.rb
>      require 'dynaload'
>
>      module M
>        def your_code_here_as_normal
>        end
>      end
>
>
>      #
>      # add this to the end of the file
>      #
>      data = open(__FILE__)
>      data.each{|line| break if line =~ /^__END__$/}
>      Dynaload::export data, "name" => "DATA"
>
>      __END__
>      42
>
>
>
>      harp:~ > cat a.rb
>      require 'dynaload'
>
>      loaded = Dynaload::dynaload "b.rb"
>
>      obj, desc = loaded.objects.select{|obj, desc| desc['name'] == 'DATA'}.first
>
>      puts obj.read
>
>
>
>      harp:~ > ruby a.rb
>      42
>
> regards.
>
> -a
> --
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>
>


--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".