From: aero6dof@... (Alan Chen)
Date: 2003-09-26T01:02:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting "variable" global variable ?

This is probably a stupid question, but wouldn't it be simpler to use a global hash?

$myapp[name] = val

- alan


Johan Holmberg <holmberg@iar.se> wrote in message news:<Pine.GSO.4.50.0309241514380.29659-100000@pjakkur.iar.se>...
> Hi !
> 
> I wonder if there is any way in Ruby of setting a "variable" global
> variable at runtime, without  using "eval".
> 
> For example, could the following be done without "eval":
> 
>       def my_set_global_variable(name, val)
> 	  eval "#{name} = #{val.inspect}"
>       end
> 
>       my_set_global_variable("$foo", [1,2,3])
> 
>       p $foo          # gives [1, 2, 3]