From: Kent Dahl <kentda+news@...>
Date: 2004-04-30T23:09:03+09:00
Subject: Re: File.expand_path(__FILE__)

Robert Klemme wrote:
> Where would you expect it to reside?  Maybe the best solution is
> 
> $0      : path as used for invocation
> __FILE__: abs path to current file
> 
> Then I agree. :-)  Any objections?  Does this break existing code?

Wouldn't this break the idiom of using

if __FILE__ == $0 then
  #...
end

to make a file both require-able and executable?
I know I use it frequently.

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