How to set a %?RESOURCES key during development?

Question

In a module I'm developing, there will be a file config provided in the resources directory, and so it can be accessed as %?RESOURCES<config> within the code I am developing.

Whilst writing and testing the code, I need to set %?RESOURCES. How can this be done?

At the start of the module, in the development stage, I have use lib 'lib'.

I haven't zef-installed the Module yet, so %?RESOURCES is Nil.

The META6.json file contains "resources": [ "config" ] .

Answer 1

In principle, I don't think it's possible to set any variable with the twigil ?. Unlike those with the * twigil, they're not dynamic variables, but simply a reflection of some core data structure. In the case of %?RESOURCES, the documentation says:

The %?RESOURCES variable is not implemented as a plain Hash, but as an instance of the Distribution::Resources type, so do not expect to see all available resource files in a distribution by printing or by using other ways to inspect its value. Instead, use the API described above to access particular files

As you see in the documentation for Distribution::Resource, which cough could be improved by a lot, there's no interface for even setting the values.

If what you're looking for is to install a resource during runtime, it's probably not advisable to do so. But TIMTOWDI, and the previous class might give you some hints on how to do it.