From: Robert Klemme Date: 2009-10-19T14:35:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Hey you! Stop using relative requires! On 10/18/2009 11:54 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Oct 18, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Intransition wrote: > >> I decided it best if I wrote a blog entry on the matter: >> >> http://proutils.github.com/2009/10/proper-require.html >> >> Hope it helps. >> >> Note the blog itself isn't quite "fully operational" -- no rss feed, >> comments, and so forth yet, sorry. So please comment here. > > Quoting from that page: > > • Don't mess with the $LOAD_PATH. PERIOD. > > My rule for rules: > > * Don't make rules that can never be broken. Period. Don't make rules without proof reading them. :-) SCNR I think I agree to what you intended (if that is what you intended): rules should be checked against reality - if you cannot adhere to them under all conditions rather make them guidelines than rules - if at all. Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/