On Jul 9, 2010, at 09:25, Luis Lavena wrote:
>> A solution for command plugins would be to have plugins simply register a
>> list of files that should be loaded when commands are going to be invoked. A
>> continuation of this idea leads to an API something along the lines of:
>>
>> Gem.register_plugin(:install, 'some_plugin/gem/installer')
>> Gem.register_plugin(:command, 'some_plugin/gem/command')
>>
>
> Wouldn't be more appropriate Gem.register_command(:push,
> 'path/to/gemcutter/plugin') ?
>
> After all, you're registering commands, since the plugin loader has
> already been started.
I think register_plugin could be as simple as:
module Gem
@plugins = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = [] }
def self.register_plugin type, path
@plugins[type] << path
end
end
And Gem::CommandManager would look in the hash to see what files it should load
after it is required (if at all).
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