From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-10-30T20:00:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23830] Re: require NQXML

Hi,


> -----
> $:.unshift "foo/1.1.2/"
> 
> require 'foo/1.1.2/foo/Foo'
> 
> f = Foo.new
> 
> puts f.my_version, f.required_files_version
> -----
> 1.1.2
> 1.1.2

If I put some foo/Foo.rb
                   Bar.rb
in site_ruby (which can very well by with NQXML, since the original dirs 
are not named after versions)
then for
-----
require 'foo/1.1.2/foo/Foo'

f = Foo.new

puts f.my_version, f.required_files_version
-----
I get:
1.1.2
9.9.9

So unshifting Rubys' path to a path that include the required version 
numbers as dir name ensures that the required files, *and* those that 
are required by them themselvels, are of the reqested version.

I would like some common agreement on how authors of libs make the 
handling of versions very easy. (befoer we get RubyGems from santa)

Tobi



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