From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2004-03-21T01:23:58+09:00
Subject: Re: require resets $! to nil. Bug or feature?

Hi,

It's not defined behavior.  I just couldn't think of any use of $!
value after require.

In message "require resets $! to nil. Bug or feature?"
    on 04/03/20, Mauricio Fern�ndez <batsman.geo@yahoo.com> writes:

|Note that
|	rescue Exception => e
|		somemeth
|		raise e
|	end
|is not a desirable solution because the backtrace info will be modified.
|For now I will move the requires but I'd like to know if require's
|behaviour w.r.t. $! is deliberate, and if so, the rationale.

I feel like backtrace information should be preserved this case.
There might be some reason behind that I forget.  Let me check.

							matz.