From: Chris Carter <cdcarter@...>
Date: 2007-04-15T14:39:24+09:00
Subject: Re: using 'require'

On 4/14/07, Jeff <cohen.jeff@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 4:12 pm, Peter Bailey <pbai...@bna.com> wrote:
> > That worked, Tim. Thanks. I just put my file into ../ruby/lib/1.8. Cool.
> >
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> Matz, if you're out there -- could 1.9 change the default behavior of
> 'require' and 'load' to always include the current directory '.' in
> the searchpath?
>
> I ask because threads like this one seem to come up a lot, especially
> for those of us new to Ruby, and it makes me think that it justifies a
> change in how the searchpath works.
>
> Thanks!
> Jeff
> softiesonrails.com
>
>
>

On my machine '.' is in the loadpath.

saurasaurusrex:~ cdcarter$ ruby -e "p $:"
["/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8",
"/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.7.1",
"/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby", "/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8",
"/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.7.1", "."]

also:
http://pastie.caboo.se/53939

-- 
Chris Carter
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