From: Bob Gustafson <bobgus@...>
Date: 2001-09-18T13:17:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21302] Re: nested require files need path internally

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, David Alan Black wrote:

>Hello --
>
>On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Bob Gustafson wrote:
>
>> -- Perhaps the 'require' file processing should first look for a file in the
>> local directory with the exact name given, then if a file is not found,
>>go to
>> the system directory to look for a file with the same basename and .rb
>> extension?
>
>'require' will look in the order specified in the $: global variable
>By default, "." is the last element in $:.  If you want, you can do:
>
>  $:.unshift $:.pop
>
>to move it to the front.  You could also do:
>
>  require "./date"
>

Thanks much - at least there is some logic.

However, this default file lookup ordering seems to be the reverse of what
is expected from other languages. A surprise !!  At least for me.

BobG