From: Brian Palmer <rubytalk@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T07:52:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Strategies for autoloading ruby files

On Aug 1, 2006, at 4:11 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> Ruby has a function for this though:
>
> $ ri -T Kernel#autoload
> --------------------------------------------------------  
> Kernel#autoload
>      autoload(module, filename)   => nil
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
>      Registers filename to be loaded (using Kernel::require) the first
>      time that module (which may be a String or a symbol) is accessed.
>
>         autoload(:MyModule, "/usr/local/lib/modules/my_module.rb")
>
> James Edward Gray II
>

Cool, I didn't realize that was already baked in to Kernel.

On Aug 1, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Luke Kanies wrote:

> Puppet supports lots of package types (e.g., dpkg, apt, rpm,  
> darwinports, gems) and service types (init, smf, etc.); I specify  
> the name when I create the class, and users can select those types  
> by name, either in the language or directly in Ruby if they're  
> directly accessing the library.
>
> In other words, my problem is not how to hook into the autoload,  
> it's the guts behind it.

I misunderstood your question, sorry about that.

-- Brian