From: Alexey Verkhovsky <alex@...>
Date: 2005-08-19T16:30:02+09:00
Subject: Re: RedCloth .... PILES of warnings when I require it ...

Gavin Kistner wrote:

> On Aug 18, 2005, at 11:29 PM, Jeff Wood wrote:
>
>> Reading  your mail further, I tried the same using require_gem  
>> 'RedCloth' and don't get all of those messages, why should that  make 
>> a difference?
>
>
> I'm guessing that you have redcloth installed both as a gem and as a  
> library, and that it is being required from both locations, and the  
> second require is redefining the constants. Guessing. Heavily.
>
Aha! I know, I know! Case-insensitive Windows file system strikes again, 
and this time it bites RubyGems in the stern. Amusing :)

try require'redcloth' instead (note the lower case!), and see for yourself.

This is a RubyGems bug. To reproduce:

1. Take fresh Ruby install (must be on Windows)
2. Install RubyGems
3. Install RedCloth by gem install redcloth
4. Modify \ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\RedCloth3.0.3\redcloth.rb by 
adding puts 'HERE' in the beginning.
5. ruby -w -e "require 'RedCloth'"

C:\>ruby -w -e "require 'RedCloth'"
HERE
HERE
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/redcloth.rb:612: 
warning: ambiguous first argument; put parentheses or even spaces
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/redcloth.rb:832: 
warning: ambiguous first argument; put parentheses or even spaces
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/redcloth.rb:1037: 
warning: amiguous first argument; put parentheses or even spaces
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/redcloth.rb:815: 
warning: method redefined; discarding old inline_markdown_link
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:612: 
warning: ambiguous first argument; put parentheses or even spaces
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:832: 
warning: ambiguous first argument; put parentheses or even spaces
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:1037: 
warning: amiguous first argument; put parentheses or even spaces
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:169: 
warning: already initialized constant VERSION
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:170: 
warning: already initialized constant DEFAULT_RULES
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:242: 
warning: metod redefined; discarding old initialize
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:254: 
warning: metod redefined; discarding old to_html
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:311: 
warning: already initialized constant TEXTILE_TAGS
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:324: 
warning: already initialized constant A_HLGN
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:325: 
warning: already initialized constant A_VLGN
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:326: 
warning: already initialized constant C_CLAS
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:327: 
warning: already initialized constant C_LNGE
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:328: 
warning: already initialized constant C_STYL
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:329: 
warning: already initialized constant S_CSPN
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:330: 
warning: already initialized constant S_RSPN
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:331: 
warning: already initialized constant A
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:332: 
warning: already initialized constant S
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:333: 
warning: already initialized constant C
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:335: 
warning: already initialized constant PUNCT
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:336: 
warning: already initialized constant HYPERLINK
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:342: 
warning: already initialized constant SIMPLE_HTML_TAGS
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:364: 
warning: already initialized constant GLYPHS
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RedCloth-3.0.3/lib/RedCloth.rb:371: 
warning: alre
this causes redcloth.rb to be loaded twice - first from ruby/lib/

Alex