On 25 Mar 2009, at 16:11, Bharat Ruparel wrote: > > Question is: what is the significance of the "lib" directory then in a > Rails environment? If it just gets added in the Rails load path and > nothing else then it leaves me scratching my head. Either don't put > in > the load path automatcially or if we do then load whatever is in there > automatically too. Don't you think Rails is at odds with itself here? >
Except for the production mode stuff, nothing gets loaded automatically (the const_missing hook can make it seem that way though. The difference with a file like the one you had is that there isn't a top level constant one would naturally refer to) Fred > Bharat > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

