From: "Jakub Pavlík jn." <severus@...>
Date: 2008-12-31T19:58:19+09:00
Subject: Re: irb: require returns false?

When require returns false it means that the library has already been required.
(At least I don't know any other case...)

> hey everyone (ruby n00b here),
> 
> I am trying to compile ruby 1.8.6-p287. I built it using:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ruby --enable-pthread --enable-shared
> 
> I was playing with how support for things like iconv, gdbm, openssl, etc
> worked and did:
> 
> irb(main):001:0> require 'gdbm'
> LoadError: no such file to load -- gdbm
>   from (irb):1:in `require'
>   from (irb):1
> 
> so I installed the gdbm devel libs, and did recompiled. Now I get:
> 
> irb(main):004:0> require 'gdbm'
> => false
> 
> When I use Redhats stock 1.8.5 rpm, I get:
> 
> irb(main):001:0> require 'gdbm'
> => true
> 
> So my question is... what does "false" mean? The first time I tried, it
> complained about not being able to load the file. After installing the
> devel package, it now just says false. Does this mean that it properly
> loading it but just not enabling it somehow?
> 
> Can someone shed some light on this for me?
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
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