From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2008-12-18T15:03:46+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20628] Re: ruby take non .rb files?

Roger Pack wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before, but what would the
> reaction be to a patch that allows
> 
> ruby filename
> 
> To work when filename.rb exists?
> Thoughts?

In JRuby's case, it would present a problem: run the .rb file or the 
precompiled .class file? I suspect that a future 1.9 version that 
supports precompiling would run into the same issue.

- Charlie