From: Brian Buckley <briankbuckley@...>
Date: 2006-02-12T05:59:24+09:00
Subject: facet gem versions

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The facet gems currently installed my system are

facets (2005.10.30, 2005.10.15, 1.0.2)
    The proverbial Zoo-of-More for Ruby
facets_core (1.0.2)
    Vast collection of atomic core extension methods.
facets_more (1.0.2)
    Large collection of additional classes, modules and microframeworks.

If I open a new IRB session type a "require" line without first a
"require_gem", the method added in comes from (facets 2005.10.30)
require 'facet/float/approx'

But if I do a require_gem statement prior to the same require line, the
method comes from (facets_core 1.0.2)
require_gem 'facets_core'
require 'facet/float/approx'

There seems to be a (dangerous?) mixing of lines of gems here.  Also I had
been thinking "require_gem" was optional and only needed when a version
other than the most recent was needed.

My questions:
Are 'facets_core'/'facets_more' the active lines now, and is it advisable t=
o
uninstall the gems from the old 'facets' line [including saying Y those
dependency warnings])?

In general is the "require_gem" line necessary when using gems and an error
to omit it even when one just wants to use the most recent version?

Thanks.


Brian K. Buckley

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