From: tagomoris@...
Date: 2019-03-28T02:12:23+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:92028] [Ruby trunk Bug#15733] Inconsistent __FILE__ and	Kernel#__dir__

Issue #15733 has been reported by tagomoris (Satoshi TAGOMORI).

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Bug #15733: Inconsistent __FILE__ and Kernel#__dir__
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15733

* Author: tagomoris (Satoshi TAGOMORI)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 
* Backport: 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN
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This might be duplicated with #7975, #8098 and #3346, but I believe it's worth to revisit.

Now, Ruby has `__FILE__` keyword and `Kernel#__dir__` method. One is of upper-case chars, and the other is of lower-case chars.
I make mistakes always when I want to get the directory name of the current file, to write `__DIR__` (of course, it doesn't exist).
That is because of inconsistency between `__FILE__` and `__dir__`.

I understood the reason why `__dir__` is of lower-case chars (to show it's defined as a method, not keyword), but this inconsistency brings huge confusion to me.
So, in my opinion, Ruby should have one of these options below:

* keyword `__DIR__`
* method alias `Kernel#__DIR__` (as a compromise, but are there any difference between keyword `__DIR__` and `Kernel#__DIR__`?)
* method `Kernel#__file__` (we don't take care of method overheads when we access file systems)




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