From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2004-06-17T17:07:05+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] RE: require vs require_gem

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 12:53:08PM +0900, Richard Kilmer wrote:
> I second that, and actually put some 'require' statements in methods right
> before I use them.  That way if a method is called, the library is loaded,
> otherwise not:
> 
>   def load_from_yaml(filename)
>     require 'yaml'
>     YAML.load(File.read(filename))
>   end
> 
> So if this method is called, yaml is loaded (if necessary), otherwise its
> not.

Note that this could bite you:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/95409

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