From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-05-09T05:14:02+09:00
Subject: Re: "load"ing a file and keeping the current scope?


On May 8, 2006, at 4:08 PM, Logan Capaldo wrote:

>
> On May 8, 2006, at 4:05 PM, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>
>> Hi -
>>
>> For a variety of reasons I have the following situation:
>>
>> ---- file_a.rb --------------------------------------
>> class A
>> 	... magic loading goes here...
>> end
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>> ---- file_b.rb --------------------------------------
>> class B
>> 	... magic loading goes here...
>> end
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>> ---- magic_file.rb -----------------------------
>> ... does some stuff... ----------------------------------------------
>>
>> How can I include the contents of magic_file.rb into both a and b  
>> "as is". I've tried load() and it changes the scope so that  
>> magic_file.rb doesn't realize it's in A or B.
>>
>> I guess I'm looking for the PHP include() equivalent.
>>
>> I realize this is a weird question and I realize in most  
>> situations this is *not* the way to do it, but I don't have a  
>> choice... so please no "do it this other way" solutions :)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -philip
>>
>>
>
>>
>
> class A
>    eval(File.read("magic_file.rb"))
> end
>
>
>


I realize this is against your "no other solutions" rule, but why won't

% cat magic_file.rb
module Stuff
   ...
end

% cat a.rb
class A
   require 'magic_file'
   include Stuff
end

work?