From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-04-15T16:25:01+09:00
Subject: Re: using 'require'

on my PPC Mac and on the Dreamhost Debian Linux servers,
.  is in the loadpath, it comes first, but only appears as  .  so  
you  might not see it at first!
That's a common linux and OSX is a common BSD so I'd assume it may be  
a windows issue.
On Apr 15, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Chris Carter wrote:

> 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
> concentrationstudios.com
> brynmawrcs.com
>