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instance method

Module#autoload

mod.autoload(module, filename) → nil

static VALUE
rb_mod_autoload(VALUE mod, VALUE sym, VALUE file)
{
    ID id = rb_to_id(sym);

    FilePathValue(file);
    rb_autoload_str(mod, id, file);
    return Qnil;
}

Registers filename to be loaded (using Kernel::require) the first time that module (which may be a String or a symbol) is accessed in the namespace of mod.

Example

module A
end
A.autoload(:B, "b")
A::B.doit            # autoloads "b"

See also #autoload? #attr_writer #attr_reader #class_eval also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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