From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2007-05-25T04:38:54+09:00
Subject: Re: temporary require ,is it possible?

Brian Candler wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 06:03:22PM +0900, Gpy Good wrote:
>> I have a idea,it is "temporary require"
>> [code]
>> module Find
>>  # my define
>> end
>>
>> tmp_require("find"){
>>  #do something with "Find.find" method,temporary!!
>> }
>>
>> puts Find # my define,no "Find.find" method
>> [/code]
>> Is it possible?
> 
> Hmm, I was thinking of
> 
>   temp = load("find.rb", true)
>   temp::Find.find(...)
> 
> but unfortunately load returns true, not the module object :-(

There's a way around that. See

http://redshift.sourceforge.net/script/

No magic, just module_eval.

(I'm not sure it solves the OP's problem, though.)

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