From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2011-06-17T01:30:29+09:00
Subject: Re: RFC - One word alias for require_relative

On 16 Ιούν, 18:49, Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com> wrote:
> On 16/06/2011 16:10, Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
>
> > On 16 Éïýí, 17:29, Matt Harrison<iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com>  wrote:
> >> On 16/06/2011 13:40, Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
>
> >>> On 11 , 20:35, Ilias Lazaridis<il...@lazaridis.com>    wrote:
> >>>> This is a simple Request for Comments.
>
> >>>> Scenario:
>
> >>>> require_relative 'lib/alter'
> >>>> require 'alibrary'
>
> >>>> Some project manager complains about "require_relative", and asks you
> >>>> to find a one-word alias.
>
> >>>> Which name would you select and for what reasons?
>
> >>>> Requirements
> >>>> must:
> >>>> * one word
>
> >>>> optional:
> >>>> * ideally a 7 letter word
>
> >>> #existent load functionality
> >>> load    'alibrary.rb'
> >>> require 'alibrary'
>
> >>> locally 'lib/alter' # locally located file
> >>> include 'lib/alter' # the commonly known "include" ("collision" with
> >>> the "include" used for mixins)
> >>> uniload 'lib/alter' # universal load
>
> >>> #one more suggestion
>
> >>> request 'lib/alter' # like require, but uses the path relative to the
> >>> current file
>
> >> You mean like "require_relative"
>
> > Yes of cousre, "require_relative"
>
> >> which actually makes more sense than your suggestions?
>
> > "require_relative(_to_this_file)" in a single word, ideally with 7
> > chars
>
> You don't seem to understand
[...] - (off-context babbing)

REQUOTE:

""require_relative(_to_this_file)" in a single word, ideally with 7
chars

This is the topic.

Is it really so difficult for you people to solve a given problem,
even if you personally don't agree that it is a problem?
"

It seems that it's just to difficult.

.

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