Rails - Jul 2005 - From action_controller/test_request.rb

if defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
  # Temporary hack for getting functional tests in Rails running under 1.8.2
  class Object #:nodoc:
    alias_method :require_without_load_path_reloading, :require
    def require(file_name)
      begin
        require_without_load_path_reloading(file_name)
      rescue Object => e
        ADDITIONAL_LOAD_PATHS.reverse.each { |dir| $:.unshift(dir) if 
File.directory?(dir) }
        require_without_load_path_reloading(file_name)
      end
    end
  end
end

Now, obviously it''s not a very temporary hack, seeing as it''s
lasted four
releases. :)  The problem i have, is with it rescuing Object, is that means 
it will eat syntax errors if the file is found.  So, I inserted
   rescue SyntaxError => e
	raise

right before the other rescue, though I think that''s a bit weak.  It
seems to
help me with the problem I''m having.  

Also, I don''t understand why this hack is necessary.  the modifications
it''s
making to $: should have all happened in environment.rb.

David