From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-08-21T02:20:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Current rubygems require idiom




On Aug 20, 2007, at 5:30 AM, Bil Kleb wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I currently have,
>
>  begin
>    require 'funit'
>  rescue LoadError
>    require 'rubygems'
>    require 'funit'
>  end
>
> What /should/ I be using?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Bil Kleb
> http://nasarb.rubyforge.org
>

i personally use

begin
   require 'rubygems'
rescue LoadError
   42
end

require 'a'
require 'b'
require 'c'
require 'd'

as it's quite a bit drier and easier to comment out the rubygems when  
you want to test a 'normal' or otherwise non-rubygems install.

kind regards.

a @ http://drawohara.com/
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