From: Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...>
Date: 2011-06-08T18:24:36+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:36840] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #4840][Open] Allow returning from require

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:22 AM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
> How about raising a specific exception that is rescued by #require instead?
>
> class AbortRequire < StandardError; end
...
> raise AbortRequire if defined? GitoriousConfig

That's pretty clean too. Name needs work ;)

I almost suggested a special catch tag that all requires wrap, but
catch/throw is a little arcane for most folks...

- Charlie