From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2005-09-13T05:51:32+09:00
Subject: Re: gem & require -> returns false?

In article <200509120111.49863.jim@weirichhouse.org>,
Jim Weirich  <jim@weirichhouse.org> wrote:
>On Sunday 11 September 2005 03:46 pm, Phil Tomson wrote:
>> 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'.
>
>I'm not seeing this ...
>
>    $ irb --simple-prompt
>    >> require 'rake'
>    => true
>    >> require 'rake'
>    => false
>    >> 
>
>Just to be sure ...
>
>> >When requiring a gem with
>> >  require 'gemname'
>
>You realize that require works with file names, not gem names ... right? 
>

Right.  
In cases where I've seen this, require returns false but I am able to use 
the classes/modules/methods defined in the file that was required (even 
though it returned false).

Phil