Rack::Reloader support?

[Ted Milker]

Is there something scorched does that prevents Rack::Reloader from working?

I'm still learning about how to work with rack more directly so maybe I'm doing something wrong.  I just threw

use Rack::Reloader

into my config.ru for a simple, single file app but the output doesn't change when I change the file.

[Tom Wardrop]

I imagine it's for a similar reason to this...

http://devver.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/making-rackreloader-work-with-sinatra/

Rack::Reloader reloads all files back into the same running instance of Ruby, which means the result is virtually the same as this...

class App < Scorched::Controller
  get '/' do
    'hello'
  end
end

class App < Scorched::Controller
  get '/' do
    "g'day"
  end
end

That works in Ruby because obviously it allows classes to be re-opened, but alas, the new route is simply added to the end of the existing list of mappings. I recommend using `shotgun` for apps with a quick boot time, or otherwise `rerun -p "**/*.rb"` for apps with a longer boot process.

Tom