From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2005-11-23T01:08:11+09:00
Subject: Re: There must be a better way -- requiring multiple files

On Tuesday 22 November 2005 16:37, Robert Klemme wrote:
[...]
> Dir[File.join(__FILE__, "..", "..", "lib", "**", "*.rb")].each {|l|
> require l}
[..]

A side note:

I have come to the conclusion that the following syntax makes
more sense for Dir[]/Dir.glob:

  Dir["#{__FILE__}/../../lib/**/*.rb"]

(In other words, File.join doesn't make sense here.)

Why?

1) In my opinion, it is more readable
2) After reading dir.c in Ruby's sources, I would say
   that it is at least as portable as the File.join variant.
   Others more familiar with the Ruby source already said
   that Ruby uses slashes internally on all platforms.
3) It's more efficient.


Kind regards,
  Stefan