From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2006-03-20T11:40:09+09:00
Subject: .rb file includes c-extension of same name?

Hi,

I have foo.rb and foo.so, the C-extension part of the module.

Inside foo.rb, I can put, require 'foo.so', and it works fine,
allowing other modules to say require 'foo', and have the .rb
be loaded, which in turn loads the C-extension.

I'm wondering if there's a recommended platform-independent
way to do this?  For instance, on OS X, C-extensions end in
".bundle" not ".so".

I wouldn't mind even saying require "foo.#{DLEXT}", if there
were such a thing available from ruby.

Is there a recommended way to have a .rb file require a 
C-extension file of the same name in a platform-independent
way?  Or is the preferred solution to alter the name of one
of the two files?


Thanks,

Bill