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Feature #10320
openrequire into module
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Open
Priority:
Normal
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Target version:
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Description
When requiring a library, global namespace always gets polluted, at least with one module name. So when requiring a gem with many dependencies, at least one constant enters global namespace per dependency, which can easily get out of hand (especially when gems are not enclosed in a module).
Would it be possible to extend require (and load, require_relative) to put all content into a custom module and not into global namespace?
Syntax ideas:
require 'libfile', into: :Lib # keyword-argument
require 'libfile' in Lib # with keyword, also defining a module Lib at current binding (unless defined? Lib)
require_qualified 'libfile', :Lib
This would also make including code into libraries much easier, as it is well scoped.
module MyGem
require 'needed' in Need
def do_something
Need::important.process!
end
end
# library user is never concerned over needed's content
Some problems to discuss:
- requiring into two different modules means loading the file twice?
- monkeypatching libraries should only affect the module → auto refinements?
- maybe also allow a binding as argument, not only a module?
- privately require, so that required constants and methods are not accessible from the outside of a module (seems to difficult)
- what about $global constants, read them from global scope but copy-write them only to local scope?
Similar issue:
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5643
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