From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-01-25T13:22:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Submodules and C

On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 01:07:02PM +0900, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> >require 'math::const'
> 
> You mean include, right?

No, I really do mean require.
I know that the include would be:

include Math::Const

But what I'm asking about is if there is any standard for the "require" 
line, when you are requiring a submodule.  I think that it would be 
confusing to have:

require 'const'
include Math::Const

And I'm trying to figure out a 'require' line that can convey the idea of 
a submodule.  One idea is:

require 'mathConst'
include Math::Const

So the C function would be called Init_mathConst().

Another idea is to let the C function be called Init_const, and make a 
"math::const.rb" file that wraps around it, since ":" is a perfectly 
good file-name character.  Something like this:

============  math::const.rb  =========
require 'const'
=======================================

Now you can do:

require 'math::const'
include  Math::Const


I am wondering what people usually make the "require" line when you are 
requiring a submodule.

-- 
Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137