From: Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2006-03-20T21:18:49+09:00
Subject: Re: .rb file includes c-extension of same name?

Bill Kelly wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
You can just always use ".so". Ruby is clever enough to figure out what 
".so" really means on the current platform.