Nice work.  Thanks for looking into this.  Now I know I'm not crazy.

On 9/12/06, choonkeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is actually related to a bigger issue that the files (*helper.rb) are
> not loaded in a consistent order. Hence the unpredictable nature of
> problems.
>
> Patch submitted .
>
>
>
> On 9/12/06, choonkeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Its really wierd, I have not met the problem (and still doesn't) on my
> main machine. But my new box experiences the problem. Both machines compiles
> ruby from tarball.
> >
> > The problem is with cyclic dependencies between prototype_helper.rb (which
> requires javascript_helper.rb) and javascript_helper.rb (which requires
> prototype_helper.rb AND expects PrototypeHelper defined)
> >
> > If prototype_helper.rb(1) is loaded first, it will
> >
> >
> > load javascript_helper.rb(2), which will...
> > load prototype_helper.rb(3) which will...
> > skip reloading javascript_helper.rb (since #2 is ongoing) and...
> > proceed with the rest of the code to define PrototypeHelper...
> > exits #2...
> > proceeds with #2 which expects PrototypeHelper (it is defined by #3)...
> > exits #2...
> > proceeds with #1 which redefines PrototypeHelper (since its defined
> already) with the same code
> > everything proceeds smoothly
> > If javascript_helper.rb(1) is loaded first, it will
> >
> >
> > load prototype_helper.rb(2) which will...
> >
> > load javascript_helper.rb(3) which will...
> >
> > skip reloading of prototype_helper.rb (since #2 is ongoing) and ...
> >
> > proceed with the rest of the code which requires PrototypeHelper defined -
> but its not done by #2 yet
> > so it all dies
> > Makes me wonder how it worked in the machines that does?
> >
> > Not sure what's the best solution, submitted a patch to move the require
> statement AFTER defining PrototypeHelper. Or we should just remove the
> require statement all together.
> >
> > In the meantime, to use edge, I added this line to the top of my
> config/environment.rb
> > require 'action_view/helpers/prototype_helper'
> >
> > Missing anything?
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/9/06, Andrew Kaspick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I was seeing similar things too when poking around the files.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the information, I'll try it out and see if I can resolve
> > > the problem locally.
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > On 9/8/06, Solomon White < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm seeing this error on two of my three production boxes (which are
> > > > all identical, so it's confusing as to why it's only happening on two
> > > > of them).  I dug into the helpers a little and found that the problem
> > > > is with a couple of the helpers (found in actionpack/lib/action_view/
> > > > helpers).
> > > >
> > > > Specifically, at the top of javascript_helper.rb, there is a require
> > > > of prototype_helper, and at the top of prototype_helper.rb, there is
> > > > a require of javascript_helper.  This seems like it should work, but
> > > > it's throwing the error you mention below when I try to start
> > > > mongrel.  I've been able to hack, er, work around it by replacing one
> > > > of the requires with the actual file content.  Here's what I'm doing
> > > > step-by-step:
> > > >
> > > > 1) copy the contents of prototype_helper.rb
> > > >
> > > > 2) remove the "require ... prototype_helper" line from the top of
> > > > javascript_helper.rb (line 2)
> > > >
> > > > 3) paste the prototype helper content copied in step one in place of
> > > > the line you just removed
> > > >
> > > > 4) remove the "require ... javascript_helper" line from the content
> > > > you just pasted in.
> > > >
> > > > I suspect this is related to the new dependency code, but I'm not
> > > > sure.  I would like to submit a bug report, but I'm not sure how to
> > > > construct a unit test for it, since it works fine on one box and
> > > > fails on the other two (identical) boxes.  If it matters, I'm running
> > > > this on Fedora Core 5 / x86_64 machines, and we're frozen at rev.
> > > > 4883 of rails.
> > > >
> > > > On Sep 7, 2006, at 9:26 PM, Andrew Kaspick wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I didn't incorporate my changes into the frozen edge, so that's not
> > > > > the problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess I'll assume my enivronment is screwed up somehow when it
> comes
> > > > > to using edge if others are having no issues.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll try creating a clean app and then try the freeze again,
> otherwise
> > > > > I'll just hang on to my patch changes for a while until I get things
> > > > > working with a later version.
> > > > >
> > > > > The thing is, when I'm attempting to run the tests directly from the
> > > > > svn repo it causes problems, so I'm having issues outside the
> context
> > > > > of an app anway.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do installed gems (or any other environment configurations) have any
> > > > > affect on a checked out version (from the svn repo) of edge?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9/7/06, Michael Koziarski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Actually if I freeze my app to edge using "rake
> > > > >>> rails:freeze:edge" and
> > > > >>> then run script/server I get the exact same error.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Has anybody seen anything similar?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Here's the error again (for those that missed it)...
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/
> > > > >>> active_support/dependencies.rb:248:in
> > > > >>> `load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant
> > > > >>>
> ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper::PrototypeHelper
> (NameError)
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I'm confused.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> This works fine for me,  If you roll back your changes does it
> still
> > > > >> happen?  Does your test app have any plugins installed?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> Cheers
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Koz
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > >
> > >
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