From: daniel@...42.com Date: 2021-01-22T21:11:06+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:102199] [Ruby master Feature#16978] Ruby should not use realpath for __FILE__ Issue #16978 has been updated by Dan0042 (Daniel DeLorme). +1 for keeping the current behavior. I remember in 1.8 we had so many problems with double-loading code because a file could be require'd with different paths. I have no wish to go back to that mess. ---------------------------------------- Feature #16978: Ruby should not use realpath for __FILE__ https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16978#change-90046 * Author: vo.x (Vit Ondruch) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- This is the simplest test case: ~~~ $ mkdir a $ echo "puts __FILE__" > a/test.rb $ ln -s a b $ ruby -Ib -e "require 'test'" /builddir/a/test.rb ~~~ This behavior is problematic, because Ruby should not know nothing about the `a` directory. It was not instructed to use it. I should always refer to the file using the original path and do not dig into the underlying details, otherwise depending on file system setup, one might be forced to used `File.realpath` everywhere trying to use `__FILE__`. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: