From: Greg Hazel Date: 2010-03-27T04:34:15+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:29049] [Backport #2723] $: length affects re-require time of already loaded files Issue #2723 has been updated by Greg Hazel. Shugo, Not sure if you were looking for a response, but yes I do think an improvement should be made over what is in SVN trunk. $: and $" are ever growing as the number of gems used increases, and while is understandable that loading a new file would be affected by this, it's unexpected that already loaded files would see a performance hit too. While SVN trunk improves on this, time spent searching for already loaded files it is still one of the largest factors in my application startup. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2723 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org