From: _why <why@...>
Date: 2006-12-05T02:03:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Intermittant problem with Hpricot

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 04:06:58AM +0900, David Vallner wrote:
> Allison Newman wrote:
> > Ahhh, ok, so I have to require 'hpricot' regardless of whether I have 
> > already done a require_gem 'hpricot'.  Seems a little odd that!  I'll 
> > have to add it to my list of "not principle of least surprise" examples 
> > :-)  Thankyou
> > 
> 
> Not really, the two methods aren't supposed to do the same at all.
> 
> require_gem means load a gem with the name "hpricot", and then load the
> library (usually .rb) files the gem's author presumes you'll want.

You are talking about "autorequire", David.  Which is long gone.[1]

In other words, require_gem should no longer be used to load any Ruby code.
It should only be used to tell RubyGems which version you'll be needing.
You know?

_why

[1] http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/autorequireIsBasicallyGoneEveryone.html