From: SASADA Koichi <ko1@...>
Date: 2013-08-16T15:00:59+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:56638] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #8781] Use require_relative() instead of require() if possible

(2013/08/16 14:21), Aaron Patterson wrote:
> If you move the file, then all calls to `require_relative` in that file
> must be changed.  If you had just used `require`, the file can be moved
> without changes.

Which case?

For example, there are files:
  foo.rb
  foo/bar/a.rb

And foo.rb has "require 'foo/bar/a'".

If you move foo/bar/a.rb to foo/bar/b.rb, then you need to rewrite to
"require 'foo/bar/b'".

If you move foo/bar/a.rb to foo/baz/a.rb, then you need to rewrite to
"require 'foo/baz/a'".

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