From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-07-24T19:39:07+09:00
Subject: Re: circular 'require'

Shadowfirebird wrote:
> # root.rb
> require 'customer'
> class Root
>    @@list = []
>
>    def self.create_data()
>       Customer.new("Dolly")
>       Customer.new("Reymond")
>    end
>
>    def self.customers()
>       return @@list.find_all{|x| x.kind_of?(Customer)}
>    end
>
>    attr_accessor :oid
>
>    def initialize()
>       @oid = @@list.size
>       @@list << self
>    end
> end
>
> # customer.rb
> require 'root'
> class Customer < Root
>    attr_accessor :name
>
>    def initialize(name)
>       super()
>       @name = name
>    end
> end

Just leave out the require 'root' and the whole thing will work. You're making 
things out to be way more complicated than they are. There is no need to 
require the file that requires you.

HTH,
Sebastian
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