From: Ryan Leavengood <mrcode@...>
Date: 2005-04-18T06:30:40+09:00
Subject: Re: All Quiet on the Western Front: Is Rails overshadowing Ruby?

Chad Fowler wrote:
> On 4/17/05, Jim Weirich <jim@weirichhouse.org> wrote:
> 
>>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.
>>
> 
> 
> Same here.
> 

If everyone agrees, why not "deprecate" (a la Java) require_gem and 
replace it with a better name. The deprecated version can print out a 
warning then call the new version.

On v1.0 or when RubyGems is distributed with Ruby that deprecated method 
can be removed (or not...)

Ryan