From: Clifford Heath <clifford.heath@...>
Date: 2011-06-07T07:08:33+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:36804] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #4840][Open] Allow returning from require

On 07/06/2011, at 12:18 AM, Michael Edgar wrote:
> On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas wrote:
>> It would be great to allow return from a required file or some  
>> other keyword (break, etc or a new one)
>
> This could be implemented as a method that raises an exception that  
> `require` and `load` rescue.
> I'm not sure how compatible that would be with custom require  
> implementations (rubygems,
> polyglot, etc)

Polyglot will pass all exceptions except LoadError (or a subclass).
With a LoadError, if it has no further possibility to satisfy the  
require,
the original exception is re-raised. Thus, polyglot should not impede
the implementation you propose.

Clifford Heath.