From: Mark Hahn <mchahn@...>
Date: 2002-01-07T15:29:15+09:00
Subject: RE: [ruby-talk:30440] net_require


Amazing coincidence.  The name even matches.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tanaka Akira [mailto:akr@m17n.org]
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 10:27 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: [ruby-talk:30440] net_require


In article <OE59qHNwK39FMZWlMki00006a6d@hotmail.com>,
  "Jack Dempsey" <dabigdemp@hotmail.com> writes:

> To Mark and others interested: the following code could be used to try
requiring a file and if its not able to do so, go to a repository site and
download it...that's all it does currently, but with security issues being
discussed along the way, i think it might prove useful to those who'd care
to use it:

I had similar idea few weeks ago.
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa-list.rhtml?name=net-require

Since it redefines `require' method, it works without modification of
application except -rnet-require option for ruby command.
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Tanaka Akira