From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2011-06-16T23:43:27+09:00
Subject: Re: RFC - One word alias for require_relative

2011/6/16 Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@genestate.com>:
>> Ilias, resident Abstract Programmer
>>
>> request 'lib/alter' # like require, but uses the path relative to the
>> current file
>
> You mean like "require_relative" which actually makes more sense than your
> suggestions?

Especially since "request" sounds to me like "would be nice to have,
but not really important to my core functionality". Syntactic sugar
for rescuing a non-critical LoadError, in other words.

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Phillip Gawlowski

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