From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-07-27T23:14:46+09:00
Subject: Re: local constant

David A. Black wrote:

> The magic loading shouldn't lead to those errors. It only does the
> magic loading for unresolved constant references, and once it loads
> the necessary file, any further references to the constant won't be
> unresolved.
> 
> Maybe you've got some rogue "load" commands somewhere.

See where I said 'partly due'?

There are three kinds of loading:

   require 'foo'  # must be on the $: path

   require 'path/to/foo'

   Foo.new  # magic loading (via ActiveSupport?)

If the system requires the same file twice thru different paths, it will load 
the same file twice. The (primitive) require only avoids reloading a file if it 
sees the exact same path.

The magic loader adds a third system to load - one where the path is invisible. 
Hence it increases the odds of accidentally reloading a file.

(This is not a request for newb advice, BTW!)

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   Phlip