From: Matthew Desmarais <desmarm@...>
Date: 2006-04-12T06:56:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Equivalent of Java static code block in Ruby?

Simon Kr旦ger wrote:
> Wes Gamble wrote:
>   
>> That's fine but I only want it executed ONCE the first time the class is 
>> loaded.
>>
>> I have a Rails application that creates a new INSTANCE of a controller 
>> class every time a certain URL is requested.
>>
>> All of the code that isn't in methods is being executed every time the 
>> instance is created.
>>     
>
>
> Maybe i don't understand but i think this is plain wrong:
>
> class A
>   puts "Hello"
> end
>
> 100.times do
>   a = A.new
> end
>
> #=> Hello
>
> cheers
>
> Simon
>   
I think you need to find out why the class is being loaded multiple 
times.  I may be completely off base here, but don't you load your 
entire app every time that you get a new request in Rails development 
mode?  That would explain the results that you're seeing.

Regards,
Matthew Desmarais