From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-08-03T15:55:40+09:00
Subject: Re: How to Load Script from a C Extension?


Why call Ruby from the C side?  It seems to me to be easier to call your C 
code from Ruby.  Let Ruby drive...
See my post: embed or swig? for more info...

(OK, I guess if you have to distribute an executable that would be a 
reason to embed Ruby in your app instead of using Ruby to call your C 
code)

Phil

In article <aiegkr$qin$1@grapevine.wam.umd.edu>,
William Djaja Tjokroaminata  <billtj@z.glue.umd.edu> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>My current temporary solution is to open the Ruby script file in C, get it
>line by line with "fgets", and invoke "rb_eval_string" for each line.  The
>only problem is that it does not work with multi-line Ruby statements.  Is
>there a better (and easier) solution?
>
>Regards,
>
>Bill
>==============================================================================
>William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@z.glue.umd.edu> wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>> Is it possible to load (and execute) a Ruby script from within a C
>> extension?  From my Ruby code, I can just write
>
>>     .....
>>     load 'conf.rb'
>>     .....
>