From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2007-06-25T14:38:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Updating running ruby scripts

Raymond O'Connor wrote:
> work off a db.  I guess this isnt a Ruby question per say, but basically
> my question is, is the entire ruby script loaded into memory when it
> launches?

AFAIK, the entire Ruby file is parsed into an AST before any of it is 
evaluated. However, if your script is split up into multiple files, I 
imagine there could be a .001% race condition where Ruby loads an 
impartially-updated code base.

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