[ruby-core:94135] [Ruby master Bug#16043] `$LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path` should not raise

Issue #16043 has been reported by deivid (David Rodr刕uez).

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Bug #16043: `$LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path` should not raise
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16043

* Author: deivid (David Rodr刕uez)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: ruby 2.7.0dev
* Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN
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When I first tried this method, I was expecting it to return `nil` when the given feature is not found. This is because I read in the docs and discussion that this method only searches the feature in the LOAD_PATH, but does not attempt to load it. Raising a load error makes it look that this method tries to load the feature, but I don't think it does that.

Also returning `nil` seems friendlier to me because the "feature not found" case is more like an expected outcome of the method than a real error condition, so in most usages this error will actually be rescued for control flow.

I attach a patch with the change, and link to the GH PR: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/2317.

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0001-LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path-should-not-raise.patch (1.13 KB)


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