From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2005-04-18T05:11:03+09:00
Subject: Re: All Quiet on the Western Front: Is Rails overshadowing Ruby?

On Sunday 17 April 2005 02:29 pm, gabriele renzi wrote:
> I think I already said this once long time ago, but I forgot the
> answer.. why name this method "require_gem" ? It is not the first time
> people get confused about it, and I think something like "use_gem" or
> "Gem.load" would be much better, showing that it does not really act
> like "require" but more like a configuration step.

I agree.  I don't know if it is too late to change the name or not.

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