From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-08-06T07:55:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Log4r and Ruby 1.8.0 in Singleton problems

On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, 1:01:44 AM, Mauricio wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:50:07PM +0900, Ben Giddings wrote:
>> I see the argument, but I don't really like it.  One thing I like about 
>> Java (which seems more OO than Ruby) is that when you import something, 
>> what you're specifying is classes rather than files.  I like this idea 

> Only because Java enforces a given directory structure. If you had the
> same constraint in Ruby, require would be similar to import.

You would also need the constraint that files and classes be named
the same.  I am tending towards that constraint in my own code anyway,
primarily so the target of 'require' resolves as a ctag, easing
navigation.

Another difference between Java and Ruby here: Java allows only one
"public" class in each file.  Not that Ruby has the concept of
packages anyway.

Gavin