From: "sylvain.joyeux (Sylvain Joyeux)" Date: 2013-12-12T19:41:34+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:59069] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9244][Open] unexpected behaviour of 'require' when $LOAD_PATH gets changed Issue #9244 has been reported by sylvain.joyeux (Sylvain Joyeux). ---------------------------------------- Bug #9244: unexpected behaviour of 'require' when $LOAD_PATH gets changed https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9244 Author: sylvain.joyeux (Sylvain Joyeux) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: 1.9.3p484, 2.0.0p353 Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN =begin For the purpose of reproducing the error, let's assume that I have two folders a/ and b/ which both contain a file test.rb In the following script, b/test.rb will NOT get loaded: (({ $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(Dir.pwd, 'a') require 'test.rb' $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(Dir.pwd, 'b') require 'test.rb' })) =end I would have expected this behaviour before, when required files were not registered through their absolute paths in $LOADED_FEATURES. Right now, I find it confusing. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/