From: Zouplaz <user@...>
Date: 2007-10-17T05:40:12+09:00
Subject: Re: How to breakpoint ruby code ?

le 16/10/2007 15:41, Tim Hunter nous a dit:
> Zouplaz wrote:
>> 2) require_gem puts a warning (use gem instead), and using gem
>> 'ruby-breakpoint' makes breakpoint command to be unknown :
>> undefined local variable or method `breakpoint' for main:Object 
>> (NameError)
> 
> require_gem is obsolete and didn't do what you think it did. It was not 
> a synonym for "require", it was a way to specify that you want a 
> specific version of a gem, which is what the "gem" method does now. In 
> the past "require_gem" could have the side-effect of actually requiring 
> the gem, but the "gem" method does not have that side-effect.
> 
> To require a gem, use "require". Nothing else.

Thanks, I will stick to "require" definitely ;-)