How to unrequire a Ruby module/library

Require

Regular process

The process to require a module/library is by using:

require 'objspace'

"Unrequire"

List all loaded features

Everytime you require a module/library in ruby, this new value is added to the $LOADED_FEATURES array.

In the irb terminal:

$LOADED_FEATURES

Find your module/library

Yes, you can use the $LOADED_FEATURES array directly to check if your module or library has been loaded.

You can do this by iterating through the array and checking if the module's name is included in any of the paths stored in $LOADED_FEATURES.

$LOADED_FEATURES.any? { |path| path.include?("readline") }

In the previous example, readline is an example of a Ruby module/library.

Mutate the loaded features

In Ruby, once you've required a module or library using the require keyword, you can't directly "unrequire" it. However, you can achieve a similar effect by removing the module from the $LOADED_FEATURES array.

$LOADED_FEATURES.delete_if { |path| path.include?('benchmark') }

In my previous example, benchmark is the module/library.

Double check the loaded features

Let's check if the benchmark module was removed from the $LOADED_FEATURES array:

$LOADED_FEATURES.any? { |path| path.include?("benchmark") }

Done

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can unrequire a Ruby module/library.

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Require

Regular process

"Unrequire"

List all loaded features

Find your module/library

Mutate the loaded features

Double check the loaded features

Done

Conclusion

Celebrate

Reach me out

Final thoughts

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More from this blog

Require

Regular process

"Unrequire"

List all loaded features

Find your module/library

Mutate the loaded features

Double check the loaded features

Done

Conclusion

Celebrate

Reach me out

Final thoughts