From: Cameron McBride <cameron@...>
Date: 2002-05-04T13:10:27+09:00
Subject: Re: require and case

> > pigeon% ruby -e 'require "b.rb"; require "b.rb"'
> > Loading b.rb ...
> > pigeon% 
> >
> > pigeon% ruby -e 'require "b.rb"; require "./b.rb"'
> > Loading b.rb ...
> > Loading b.rb ...
> > pigeon% 
> 
> Have require insert the basename of the file that's loaded into $",
> rather than just the relative name?

I know very little about the internals, but couldn't the entire path be
stored, so that in the case above -- it would know they were the same
file?  

I understand the problem with the relative name, but if there is a
problem  with the entire path -- I am missing it.  (enlightenment is
always a good thing)

Cameron