-r using Kernel.require instead of rb_require() ?

Hi,

I asked about this on ruby-talk yesterday: It appears that the -r 
command-line switch calls rb_require() directly instead of 
Kernel.require. Thus making it impossible for libraries to modify how 
requiring might work, so things like

ruby -rubygems -rlog4r -r "puts 'blah blah'"

won't work if log4r is only installed as a Gem ... Is there any solid 
reason -r should use rb_require() instead of Kernel.require? I'm 
thinking of submitting this as an RCR but it's quite possible I'm 
missing some big issue.

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/