From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-06-09T11:04:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Requiring a file into a different namespace

Jacob Fugal wrote:
...
> What I really want to know is this: Kernel#load allows a parameter
> that wraps the loaded file in an anonymous module, so as not to
> pollute the global namespace. But that anonymous module is discarded
> -- as far as I can tell, the only use for this style of load is if the
> only portion of the file you're interested in is the side effects.
> 
> I suggest one of two changes.
> 
>  1) Change Kernel#load to return the anonymous module when the wrap
> parameter is true. Currently, the return value of Kernel#load is
> always true (failure results in an exception), so there should be no
> code relying on the current return value.

Until then, http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/script may be useful.

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