From: Tommy Morgan <tommy.morgan@...>
Date: 2008-12-18T22:47:43+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20648] Re: ruby take non .rb files?

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 03:03:46PM +0900, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> 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

Wouldn't it be fairly easy to set up a priority for this situation though? Or am I misunderstanding the issue?

If multiple versions are available, choose the one with the more recent modified date. I believe this is how emacs operates, right?

--Tommy M.
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