From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2005-10-31T00:22:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Kernel#require accepting multiple arguments?

On Sunday 30 October 2005 16:17, Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> What is the reason that Kernel#require only accepts one filename?
> Implementing a version of `require' that can take multiple
> arguments is pretty easy:
>
>    module Kernel
>      alias_method :__require__, :require
>
>      def require(*filenames)
>        filenames.all? { |file| __require__(file) }
>      end
>    end

Perhaps to allow version specification in the future.
E.g.:

    require 'foo', '>= 1.0.1'

like RubyGems require_gem.

Regards,
  Stefan