From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2003-03-02T02:47:30+09:00
Subject: Re: A question about require.

On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 02:31:54AM +0900, Ben Thomas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering what is the best way to "re-require" a file in ruby. In 
> my code, I have a function that looks like this:
> 
>   def LoadAndExecute
>     require 'script_that_has_foo_in_it.rb'
>     foo
>   end
> 
> If I executre that function once, then modify the script_that_...rb and 
> re-execute the LoadAndExecute function without stopping everything, the 
> script file isn't reaquired and foo re-execute the old code. I have 
> added the following line before require '...rb'
> 
>   $".delete "script_that_...rb"
> 
> and it works fine but I want to make sure that it's a valid way of doing 
> "re-require".

load "script_that_has_foo_in_it.rb"

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