From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2004-12-09T02:02:37+09:00
Subject: Require Gems (was Re: [ANN] RubyScript2Exe 0.2.0)

On Dec 8, 2004, at 10:57 AM, Mauricio Fern�ndez wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 01:22:30AM +0900, itsme213 wrote:
>>
>> "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote in message
>>> Try:
>>>
>>>   require 'rubygems'
>>>   require 'progressbar'
>>
>> Will this allow nested (gem and non-gem) requires within 
>> 'progressbar' to
>> work?
>
> require 'foo' will always load the version from RubyGems, if you're
> referring to that. Once you require 'rubygems', it overrides
> Kernel.require and it is no longer possible to load the files in the
> standard library dir, unless you use the GEM_SKIP env. variable.

Hmm, is this a good thing?  If Ruby Gems replaces the require(), 
couldn't it be set to try the old require() when a Gem require fails?  
Just a thought.

James Edward Gray II