From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2008-06-12T01:28:36+09:00
Subject: Re: how to avoid multiple inclusion of a file

As long as the require lines are exactly the same, there's nothing to
worry about.

file1.rb:
require 'lib'

file2.rb:
require 'lib'

This will work fine. You will run into problems if you put relative
paths though:

file1.rb:
require 'lib'

lower/file3.rb:
require '../lib'

This will end up require-ing lib.rb twice, and possibly cause problems.

Either use full paths, or add directories to the $LOAD_PATH to protect
against this.

Jason

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:24 PM, suresh <suresh.amritapuri@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> My program is split up into multiple files, each containing a set of
> related class definitions. In the main file, all these files are
> included by using require. But how can i avoid multiple inclusion of a
> file by mistake.
>
> Is there anything similar to C languages #ifndef .......
>
> thanks
> suresh
>
>