From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2002-07-19T05:34:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Just a small language question...

On 2002.07.19, Bob X <bobx@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Why does Ruby do single quotes around package names?
> 
> Why not just:
> 
> require somepackage
> 
> Just a little question...

You can.  However, what does "require somepackage" really
mean?

You're trying to require the filename contained within the
locally scoped variable "somepackage".

For example:

    somepackage = 'a_package_name'
    require somepackage

Effectively, the same as:

    require 'a_package_name'

Does this make sense?

-- Dossy


-- Dossy

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