I have the following in the file a.rb:
require foo
and i need to unload foo, to load the foo from b.rb, c.rb and other files.
How i can do?
This works only one time..
tapioco123
2010-08-06 14:27:58
irb(main):002:0> require 'timeout'=> trueirb(main):004:0> Object.send(:remove_const, :Timeout)=> Timeoutirb(main):005:0> require 'timeout'=> false
tapioco123
2010-08-06 14:29:01
mhh, yes, because require checks if it has already loaded that lib, maybe you need to use `load` instead of `require`... why do you need to unload that const anyway? can't you use modules or anything to shield them?PS: you need to append the file extension in `load`
lwe
2010-08-06 15:11:07
but aren't there multiple files, so this shouldn't be a problem at all? so shouldn't some hacky magic like `%w{a b c d}.each { |f| require(f); Foo.bar; Object.send(:remove_const, :Foo) }` work "as expected" in your case - though I don't really recommend it. Just seems strange, having all these .rb files defining the same class + method.
lwe
2010-08-06 15:45:53
^^ it works, `a.rb`, `b.rb`, `c.rb` and `d.rb` look like: `class Foo; def self.bar; puts __FILE__ end end` and then I have the main loop as described above in a file named `prg.rb`... and the output is, as expected :) => `./a.rb ./b.rb ./c.rb ./d.rb`
lwe
2010-08-06 15:49:52
Sorry but for me after the first cycle defined?(Foo) returns false
tapioco123
2010-08-06 17:23:27
%w{a b c d}.each { |f| require(f); Foo.bar if defined?(Foo); Object.send(:remove_const, :Foo) }
tapioco123
2010-08-06 17:24:19