From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T17:30:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing variables to a required file

2007/7/30, 12 34 <rubyforum@web.knobby.ws>:
> I want to pass about 10 variables to a "require"d file. My understanding
> is that I need to use global variables. Is this correct?
>
> I'm reluctant to change all the variables to global for fear of messing
> up the methods in the script. I can of course define new global
> variables equal to the local variable. Seems inelegant.
>
> I guess my best option is to rework the require'd file as a method, but
> my script is getting long and keeping the file separate makes sense,
> particularly since it is creating the GUI, so is different from the
> script function if I understand the MVC philosophy.
>
> Is there a better way? FWIW I'm "require'ing a modified example.rb file
> that is included in the Pashua app for creating a simple GUI for OS X.
> <http://www.bluem.net/downloads/pashua_en/>
>
> Thanks for info
>
> PS The example file as a
>
> Config = <<EOS
>
> <bunch of code>
> EOS
>
> I can't find EOS in Ruby on Rails or PickAxe, so maybe I'm missing
> something in how it's used.

I'd suggest to refactor your code so you have multiple classes and can
instantiate them with appropriate parameters.  Storing code in a long
string is a bad option if the code is known at compile time which
seems to be the case here.

Kind regards

robert