Brian Mattern
3/10/2006 8:56:00 PM
On Friday 10 March 2006 13:53, Mike Austin wrote:
> I noticed that if you 'include' a module within a method, it will polute
> the namesapce that defines that method. I found a simple solution is to
> declare a throw-away class, and execute my code in that. Is there a more
> better way to achieve this?
>
> # Pollutes current namespace
> def init()
> include Inertia
>
> do_stuff_with_inertia()
> end
>
> # Doesn't polute namespace, but ugly
> class DontPolute
> include Inertia
>
> do_stuff_with_inertia()
> end
>
>
> Mike
Instead of include, you may want:
require 'intertia'
This will load up inertia.rb, which i'm assuming contains either a class or a
module name Intertia. Then you can use it via Interia.new() or
Intertia::do_stuff_with_intertia().
Correct me if I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do here.
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Brian Mattern