From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2005-09-12T04:46:32+09:00
Subject: Re: gem & require -> returns false?

In article <IJXUe.3397$S26.923@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
itsme213 <itsme213@hotmail.com> wrote:
>When requiring a gem with
>  require 'gemname'
>
>I seem to get a consistent return of "false", even when the gem has been
>loaded successfully. This does not match the spec of 'require'.
>
>Is this a gem bug? Or is it supposed to behave this way?
>
>Thanks.
>

I've noticed this too.  Mostly you notice it in irb, of course.  Before I 
realized that it was giving me a false 'false' I spent a lot of time 
trying to download the gem again and load it, etc.

Any ideas why reuire 'gem' returns false even when successful?


Phil