From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2009-01-20T18:02:41+09:00
Subject: Re: is it possible to override a 'read only' environmental variable like  $"   ?

timr wrote:
> I am trying to write a method to give the full paths of all files
> loaded into a program when a require statement is executed.
> I would like to be able to get the same result each time a "require
> 'file'" statement is executed. To do so, I need to get the $"
> back to the state it was in prior to the require command being
> executed. But alas it is read only and does not allow me to redefine
> it.

Try Array#replace

irb(main):002:0> $".replace([])
=> []
irb(main):003:0> $"
=> []
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