如何在Rails中重新定义/覆盖初始化变量？

Question

One of my applications loads a yml file as a global variable in config/environment.rb so that the variable could be used globally, like this.

CFILE = YAML::load(File.open('path/to/the/file'))

Now I need to periodically reload the file to the same variable, since the file would be periodically modified. I've tried adding a rake task with the same line above but it doesn't really make the change.

How can I update the variable?

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[Solved] Resolved with CFILE.replace new_cfile

Answer 1

You're not supposed to do that. :) But, you can!

Object.send(:remove_const, :CFILE)

Then redefine as if it were never there.