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dynamic_constant_management_expert

🔌 Dynamically Managing Constants for Plugin Architectures​

Building pluggable systems often requires defining, loading, or unloading modules at runtime. Use Module#const_set, #const_get, and #remove_const to inject or evict constants safely under a namespace, enabling hot swapping or sandboxed plugin isolation.

# Dynamically define a plugin under MyApp::Plugins
module MyApp; module Plugins; end; end

MyApp::Plugins.const_set(:Logger, Class.new do
def self.log(msg)
puts "[LOG] #{msg}"
end
end)

# Use it
MyApp::Plugins::Logger.log("Hello from plugin")

# Unload it to free memory or reload
MyApp::Plugins.send(:remove_const, :Logger)