Feature #16043
closed`$LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path` should not raise
Description
When I first tried this method, I was expecting it to return nil
when the given feature is not found. This is because I read in the docs and discussion that this method only searches the feature in the LOAD_PATH, but does not attempt to load it. Raising a load error makes it look that this method tries to load the feature, but I don't think it does that.
Also returning nil
seems friendlier to me because the "feature not found" case is more like an expected outcome of the method than a real error condition, so in most usages this error will actually be rescued for control flow.
I attach a patch with the change, and link to the GH PR: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/2317.
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Updated by shevegen (Robert A. Heiler) about 5 years ago
read in the docs and discussion that this method only searches the feature in the LOAD_PATH,
but does not attempt to load it. Raising a load error makes it look that this method tries
to load the feature, but I don't think it does that.
I had a look at the tracker:
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15230
And I agree with you in the sense that mame did not mandate that the method should raise,
so it probably should not raise (or it should be mentioned in the documentation, IMO).
I have no opinion on what it should return but I think either way it would be best to
specify it, to less confusion by other ruby users. It may be best to ask mame directly
whether he agrees with your comment + patch. :)
Updated by deivid (David Rodríguez) about 5 years ago
Thanks for having a look and for linking to the original discussion!
Updated by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) almost 5 years ago
- Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
- ruby -v deleted (
ruby 2.7.0dev) - Backport deleted (
2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN)
Updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze) almost 4 years ago
Agreed, I added it to the next dev-meeting agenda (#17299)
Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) over 3 years ago
Accepted.
Matz.
Updated by znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA) over 3 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
Applied in changeset git|4dfc5496b7b64a063b36cbabe95b43abe9fb48cd.
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