From: Piotr Szotkowski <chastell@...>
Date: 2011-06-16T20:29:36+09:00
Subject: Kernel#autoload vs require_relative

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I understand that for require to work relative to the given __FILE__=E2=80=
=99s
directory one needs to either $LOAD_PATH << File.dirname(__FILE__) or
use require_relative (with the latter being preferred, I presume).

Is there such an alternative for Kernel#autoload
=E2=80=93 and if not, should there be one?

I=E2=80=99m thinking about lib/foo.rb containing

module Foo
  autoload :Bar, 'foo/bar.rb'
  autoload :Baz, 'foo/baz.rb'
  autoload :Qux, 'foo/qux.rb'
end

(which doesn=E2=80=99t work without $LOAD_PATH munging), as
opposed to the (currently working) lib/foo.rb with

require_relative 'foo/bar.rb'
require_relative 'foo/baz.rb'
require_relative 'foo/qux.rb'

=E2=80=94 Piotr Szotkowski
--=20
If you watch NASA backwards, it=E2=80=99s about a space agency that has no
spaceflight capability, then does low-orbit flights, then lands on moon.
                                                          [Thomas Fuchs]




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