From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2005-03-18T07:53:28+09:00
Subject: Re: encapsulating rubygems so that my users don't need to be aware of it

Csaba Henk wrote:

>   %w(lib_a lib_b lib_c).each {|lib|
>     begin
>       require lib
>     rescue LoadError
>       begin
>         require rubygems
>       rescue LoadError
>       end and retry
>     end
>   }
> 
> is slightly better, maybe.

Is testing the return value of require what you want?
#require returns false if the lib was already loaded.