From: Ben Lovell <benjamin.lovell@...>
Date: 2009-04-17T21:16:30+09:00
Subject: Re: simple module method call question

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On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:

>
> eval("Utils.orph_chk")  <= I will be replacing the string with a
> construction using a variable, in the final version
>
> This always fails. I've tried every trick I can think of, but always I get
> this:
>
> ../lib/setnet/SN.rb:579:in `proc_command': undefined method `orph_chk' for
> Utils:Module (NoMethodError)
>       from ../lib/setnet/SN.rb:229:in `eval'
>       from ../lib/setnet/SN.rb:579:in `proc_command'
>       from ../lib/setnet/SN.rb:229:in `user_interface'
>       from ../lib/setnet/SN.rb:146:in `manage'
>       from ../lib/setnet/SN.rb:68:in `startup'
>       from ./setnet:28
>
> Can someone suggest why I'm not able to get to this method?
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I cannot quite figure out what
> to try next.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>

Hi,

Why are you eval'ing this? This works:

eval("include Utils; Utils.orph_chk")

I would think it has something to do with your binding when you eval.

Ben

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