From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-05-07T11:31:30+09:00
Subject: Re: require and case

Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> writes:

> Why is keying off the file name/path the only method used to
> distinguish file identity. Ruby could hash each file and store the
> hash. That way, the same file included in two different paths, could
> be identified as the same.

It certainly isn't the only way, but in general the canonical file
name seems to be a pretty good hash in it's own right, particularly if
you resolve symbolic links: the file name pretty much corresponds to
the entity that you're causing to be loaded.


Dave