From: Nikolai Weibull <now@...>
Date: 2011-11-01T16:03:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:40616] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #5427] Not complex patch to improve `require` time (load.c)

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 07:35, Yura Sokolov <funny.falcon@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Issue #5427 has been updated by Yura Sokolov.
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>> Slower than what? require_relative is a lot faster than require
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> Sorry, you are right, I confused `require_relative 'somelib'` with `require './somelib'`.
> `require_relative` still gains improvement from this patch, cause it use `require`, but improvement is a bit lesser cause prepended path allows to skip some checks here http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/repository/entry/load.c#L158

I don���t think Thomas was talking about speed change in
require_relative thanks to your suggested changes, rather that one
should use require_relative regardless of your patch, as
require_relative is a lot faster.