From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2008-12-03T05:06:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20224] Re: Behavior: autoload calls rb_require() directly


On Dec 2, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Yehuda Katz wrote:

> However, that is *not* currently the implementation, and it could  
> introduce bugs to change the behavior now.
>
> Merb, for instance, uses rubygems (which overrides require) as well  
> as autoload. Modifying the behavior to use the overridden require  
> now would probably produce some changes in behavior, especially  
> since rubygems is in common use and overrides require. Rails also  
> overrides require.
>

And Matz is saying the, if nothing else is agreed, that behavior will  
be an implementation-detail, and not part of the standard. Wouldn't it  
be better to swallow a smaller pill now and standardize on _something_?


Dave