Bug #5210
closedKernel#require documentation is incomplete
Description
The documentation for Kernel#require could benefit from additional description.
It does not describe what a return method of false means. Many people initially think that a return value of false means that the require method was unsuccessful. See, for example, http://stackoverflow.com/q/1250329/38765 and http://stackoverflow.com/q/1793693/38765 . So explaining that it merely means that the library has already been loaded would be useful.
Mentioning that a LoadError is raised if unsuccessful would also be nice.
As a side issue, "it's" is used when it should be "its". The former means "it is", while the latter mean "something belonging to it".
Updated by drbrain (Eric Hodel) about 13 years ago
- Category set to doc
- Assignee set to drbrain (Eric Hodel)
Updated by drbrain (Eric Hodel) about 13 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
This issue was solved with changeset r33027.
Andrew, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.
- load.c (rb_f_require): Improve documentation of Kernel#require.
[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #5210]