From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-04-04T05:38:52+09:00
Subject: Re: A good system for $LOAD_PATH management?

On Mar 31, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Stephen Tashiro wrote:

> I see, by experiment, that one can maipulate $LOAD_PATH within a Ruby
> program.  The second edition of the Pixaxe book indicates that using
> rubygems is a good way.
>
> What are some examples of "best practices" for $LOAD_PATH management?

Don't.

I typically only add to $LOAD_PATH for tests, and very, very rarely  
at that.  Most of the time you don't need to do it.

I do have my RUBYLIB set so that I can use current versions of my own  
libraries over installed versions.

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