From: Wes Gamble <weyus@...>
Date: 2006-05-17T09:21:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamically modifying modules to avoid namespace collisi

Hey, I just thought of something.

Is there a way to unload ("un-require") a module at runtime?  Is there a 
way to load ("re-require") a module at runtime?

Thanks,
Wes

Wes Gamble wrote:
> All,
> 
> I have a namespace collision problem between a Rubygem (htmltools 1.09) 
> and a Rails framework class (in ActionPack 1.12.1).
> 
> In order to use both, I will need to modify the namespace of one of 
> them.
> 
> However, I would really like to not have to modify the existing gems and 
> I was thinking that maybe there might be some clever way to use the 
> Module class to "wrap" the offending module redefine it's namespace.
> 
> Has anyone ever done anything like this?
> 
> Otherwise, I will be looking at "taking ownership" of the gem code and 
> moving it to a locally - controlled location essentially freezing the 
> version of that Gem for my application
> 
> Thanks,
> Wes


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