From: Nikolai Weibull <now@...>
Date: 2011-01-31T19:49:20+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35021] Re: Understanding realpath_rec behavior

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:40, Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se> wrote:
>>
>> If this behavior has to stay, then at least cache the results.

> Can you provide more details on why it needs to stay?

IF it has to stay���that is, if someone say that it has to stay.

> Rails generate more 500 file requires, which could lead to several
> stat() invocations for each part of the path, not counting deep
> folders worse than my example.

We are in complete agreement.