From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-09-27T06:02:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Require Namepaces and RubyGems' effect on LoadPath problem

On 9/26/05, TRANS <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've added namespaces to require. Works like this:
>
>   $LOAD_SPACE[ 'myspace' ] = [ 'a/path', 'another/path' ]
>
>   require 'myspace:script.rb'
>
> The load spaces are File.join'd with the entries in $LOAD_PATH,
> $LOAD_PATH is unshifted with those entries and the built-in #require
> is called. When complete it removes those namespace paths. The key
> thing to keep in mind here: this allows for *relative* paths within
> the context of the namespace require. For example:
>
>   $LOAD_SPACE[ 'tim' ] = [ 'tim/path' ]
>
>   require 'tim:file.rb'
>
> tim/path/file.rb:
>
>   require 'file2.rb'

Two things. 1. I don't see any particular reason for this. It's neat,
but I don't see why it's necessary. 2. If something is loaded from a
particular "namespaced" path, that path should remain on the load
list, because not everything in a path may actually be loaded with a
single require.

-austin
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