From: sowieso@...
Date: 2014-10-02T22:44:18+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:65380] [ruby-trunk - Feature #10320] [Open] require into	module

Issue #10320 has been reported by So Wieso.

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Feature #10320: require into module
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10320

* Author: So Wieso
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: core
* Target version: 
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When requiring a library, global namespace always gets polluted, at least with one module name. So when requiring a gem with many dependencies, at least one constant enters global namespace per dependency, which can easily get out of hand (especially when gems are not enclosed in a module).

Would it be possible to extend require (and load, require_relative) to put all content into a custom module and not into global namespace?

Syntax ideas:
<code>
require 'libfile', into: :Lib   # keyword-argument
require 'libfile' in Lib   # with keyword, also defining a module Lib at current binding (unless defined? Lib)
require_qualified 'libfile', :Lib
</code>

This would also make including code into libraries much easier, as it is well scoped.
<code>
module MyGem
����require 'needed' in Need

����def do_something
��������Need::important.process!
����end
end
 # library user is never concerned over needed's content
</code>
Some problems to discuss:
��� requiring into two different modules means loading the file twice?
��� monkeypatching libraries should only affect the module ����� auto refinements?
��� maybe also allow a binding as argument, not only a module?
��� privately require, so that required constants and methods are not accessible from the outside of a module (seems to difficult)
��� what about $global constants, read them from global scope but copy-write them only to local scope?

Similar issue:
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5643



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