From: Robert Dober Date: 2010-06-04T21:04:12+09:00 Subject: Re: method_defined? does what exactly? Hmm maybe I was not very clear in my last post ;) require_relative is defined in Object ruby -ve 'p method( :require_relative)' ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i686-linux] # ruby -ve 'p Object.method( :require_relative )' ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i686-linux] # However ruby -ve 'p Object.methods.grep( /require/ )' ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i686-linux] [] ^^^^ ???? Maybe a tiny bug here? Cheers R. -- The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay