From: Karl von Laudermann <doodpants@...>
Date: 2008-02-12T00:49:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Adding local files to the ruby path $:

On Feb 11, 9:51 am, Brandon Lawler <grayswan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Requiring local files always drove me nuts, due to the need to
> explicitly declare the directory in the require statement with require
> File.dirname(__FILE__) + '\somefile.rb', which was rather bulky and
> inelegant.

I don't understand this; if somefile.rb is in the same directory as
the file that's requiring it, then why do you need the full path? Why
doesn't

require 'somefile.rb'

work by itself?