From: "Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@...>
Date: 2013-08-19T18:10:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:56740] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #8781] Use require_relative() instead of require() if possible

On 2013/08/18 5:58, Aaron Patterson wrote:

> I am using "file moving" as a way to demonstrate how `require_relative`
> couples your file to its location on the file system.  `require` does
> not have this coupling.

On the other hand, 'require' has a tighter coupling to the file name 
than 'reqire_relative'. It's no problem to have two different files of 
the same name with 'require_relative', but it won't work with 'require'.

This reminds me of absolute vs. relative links in Web pages. Both have 
their advantages, but none of them is perfect.

Regards,   Martin.