From: "Marcin Mielżyński" <lopx@...>
Date: 2006-07-24T21:20:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Autoloading objects — Ruby equivalent for PHP5 "__autoload

Naum T. wrote:
> Does there exist a Ruby equivalent to PHP5 "magic" __autoload method 
> that spares the developer from detailing a list of "require" statements?
> http://us2.php.net/autoload
> 
> Or is this something that a homebrewed solution is necessary? Like 
> catching the exception and testing for file existence, etc.… or is there 
> a gem/extension featuring this functionality?
> 

Sure there is ;D

Kernel#autoload:
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M002963

and:

Module#autoload:
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Module.html#M001061

lopex