From: Gonzalo Garramuno <ggarra@...>
Date: 2006-07-25T20:22:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Autoloading objects — Ruby equivalent for PHP5 "__autoload

Naum T. escribió:
> 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?
> 

def Object.const_missing elem
  require elem.to_s
end

a = A.new

PS.  I would advise *NOT* doing this kind of thing, thou.  It can make
your code much harder to debug for other developers.