From: "vo.x (Vit Ondruch)" Date: 2022-09-19T17:23:06+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:109959] [Ruby master Feature#10320] require into module Issue #10320 has been updated by vo.x (Vit Ondruch). I'd love to see if RubyGems/Bundler could stop vendoring packages: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/tree/master/lib/rubygems https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/tree/master/bundler/lib/bundler/vendor After all, Ruby could ship multiple versions of some library if old version is needed for whatever reason. ---------------------------------------- Feature #10320: require into module https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10320#change-99209 * Author: sowieso (So Wieso) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- When requiring a library, global namespace always gets polluted, at least with one module name. So when requiring a gem with many dependencies, at least one constant enters global namespace per dependency, which can easily get out of hand (especially when gems are not enclosed in a module). Would it be possible to extend require (and load, require_relative) to put all content into a custom module and not into global namespace? Syntax ideas: ~~~ruby require 'libfile', into: :Lib # keyword-argument require 'libfile' in Lib # with keyword, also defining a module Lib at current binding (unless defined? Lib) require_qualified 'libfile', :Lib ~~~ This would also make including code into libraries much easier, as it is well scoped. ~~~ruby module MyGem ����require 'needed' in Need ����def do_something ��������Need::important.process! ����end end # library user is never concerned over needed's content ~~~ Some problems to discuss: * requiring into two different modules means loading the file twice? * monkeypatching libraries should only affect the module ����� auto refinements? * maybe also allow a binding as argument, not only a module? * privately require, so that required constants and methods are not accessible from the outside of a module (seems to difficult) * what about $global constants, read them from global scope but copy-write them only to local scope? Similar issue: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5643 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: