require behaviour

[Maran Chandrasekar]

Dear folks,
I'm new to ruby, Please explain the following snippet's behavior

def require( *packages )
packages.each{ | pack |
super( pack );
}
end
require('rubygems','actionmailer')

 

[Dylan Evans]

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Maran Chandrasekar <

Dear folks,
I'm new to ruby, Please explain the following snippet's behavior

def require( *packages )

Override require with an array an variable length argument list, which will
be an array in the function

packages.each{ | pack |

Iterate through the list where pack is the current item.

super( pack );

Send the current item to the ogiginal require.

}
end
require('rubygems','actionmailer')

Which allows you to require more than one item at a time.
Hope this helps.

 

[Dylan Evans]

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Maran Chandrasekar <


Send the current item to the ogiginal require.

* Original