From: Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally@...>
Date: 2007-12-24T06:42:12+09:00
Subject: Re: eval a file

Probably not the best solution, but you could load the code into an
instance of a class. For example, in a file 'test.rb':

def my_method
  puts "this is my method"
end

Then in your main file (this is in irb, so you'll need to remove some stuff)...

>> class ExternalCode
>> end
=> nil
>> x = ExternalCode.new
=> #<ExternalCode:0x5b2cb4>
>> x.instance_eval(File.open('test.rb').read)
=> nil
>> x.my_method
this is my method
=> nil

--Jeremy

On Dec 23, 2007 3:21 PM, Daniel Brumbaugh Keeney
<devi.webmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically, I was wondering if it is possible in Ruby to eval a file
> without loading the whole thing in memory. I'm trying to avoid
> eval(File.new(location).read), but at the same time, I don't want the
> file to contain a named method that could conflict with other named
> methods.
>
> -Daniel Brumbaugh Keeney
>
>



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