From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2001-12-11T02:35:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28109] Re: "load" without looking in $LOAD_PATH ?

At Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:21:51 +0900,
Paul Brannan <paul@atdesk.com> wrote:
> > load "./foo.rb"
> 
> This will work, provided the current directory has not been changed
> before the call to load().
> 
> Generally, loading a file out of the current directory is not desirable;
> loading a file out of the same directory as the currently executing file
> is preferable.

It's possible of course, and may be useful for libraries,
however, Johan originally wanted to load data files from ".".

# I think, loading from the home directory is more preferable
# for configuration files.

  load "~/.foorc.rb"


Nobu Nakada