From: "Matthew K. Williams" <matt@...>
Date: 2010-03-30T04:55:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Question: Dynamic code execution


On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Thorsten Hater wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm currently writing a small game application in ruby.
> The problem is, not all of the rules are static, meaning some
> of the actions in the game are allowed to change them.
> My question is, what is the best and safest way to implement this
> feature?
> Specifically, I have database of items, which may change parts of
> the rules upon activation.
> Storing code along with those and eval()ing it at runtime feels
> kind of awkward and not really safe, but seems the most flexible
> way at a first glance.
> Has anybody ideas and/or pointers to this matter?
>
> Thorsten
>
>

You might consider looking at this, which talks about some dynamic game 
generation I've done (and if you have further questions, I've got more):

http://aetherical.com/2008/4/25/classes-on-the-fly