From: ts Date: 2000-03-17T07:09:43+01:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:01949] Re: [ruby-1.5.3] require / SAFE >>>>> "Y" == Yukihiro Matsumoto writes: Y> a) autoloading class is defined Y> b) the defined class is accessed for the first time in the `$SAFE >= 4' Y> thread. I still don't understand how it work, sorry aestivum% cat b.rb #!./ruby m, n = 'Tt', 'tt' $SAFE = 4 autoload m, n Tt.new aestivum% b.rb ./b.rb:5: Insecure operation - (null) (SecurityError) aestivum% Guy Decoux