autoload(module, filename)   → nil

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

autoload(:MyModule, "/usr/local/lib/modules/my_module.rb")

Source Code

/*
*  call-seq:
*     autoload(module, filename)   => nil
*  
*  Registers _filename_ to be loaded (using <code>Kernel::require</code>) 
*  the first time that _module_ (which may be a <code>String</code> or
*  a symbol) is accessed.
*     
*     autoload(:MyModule, "/usr/local/lib/modules/my_module.rb")
*/

static VALUE
rb_f_autoload(obj, sym, file)
   VALUE obj;
   VALUE sym;
   VALUE file;
{
   if (NIL_P(ruby_cbase)) {
       rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "no class/module for autoload target");
   }
   return rb_mod_autoload(ruby_cbase, sym, file);
}