From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-01-14T13:33:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Yet Another Test First Example ... in Ruby

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 2:53:20 PM, Shashank wrote:

> Very nice ...

> One question:

> In the "Our First Test" section, you say:

> Ruby Comments: The require keyword in Ruby looks in the ruby
> libraries for a file named 'test/unit.rb' and will load it in to the
> running program.

> Is "require" a keyword (i.e. reserved) in Ruby ? I always understood
> it as a function which took filename as argument.

It is a method, but calling it a keyword probably makes more sense to
the target audience, who are expected to be unfamiliar with Ruby.

"require" occupies a space in programming languages usually known as
"keywords", or in this case, "directives".  Implementation details
don't really change that.

Gavin