Rails - Mar 2009 - Are files in lib supposed to be loaded automatically?

Can anyone set me straight on this?

I often put files in lib which add new modules or monkey patch existing
classes etc.  These always need to be explicitly required in my
environment file.  That all works, but one of my colleagues believes
that everything in lib should be loaded automatically, and that the
requires should be necessary.  This definitely isn''t the case - if i
remove the require then i dont get the extra functionality.

Is something going wrong for me?  Or are lib files not meant to be
loaded automatically?

thanks
max
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On 2 Mar 2009, at 12:36, Max Williams wrote:
>
> Can anyone set me straight on this?
>
> I often put files in lib which add new modules or monkey patch  
> existing
> classes etc.  These always need to be explicitly required in my
> environment file.  That all works, but one of my colleagues believes
> that everything in lib should be loaded automatically, and that the
> requires should be necessary.  This definitely isn''t the case - if
i
> remove the require then i dont get the extra functionality.
>
> Is something going wrong for me?  Or are lib files not meant to be
> loaded automatically?
As far as I know they are not loaded automatically in the sense that  
rails won''t just load them without any intervention from you. They are
in the sense that if you say MyModule then rails will try and load  
my_module.rb in lib (among other places). This of course doesn''t work  
if what your file contains is a monkey patch. Perhaps these two  
different meanings of automatically are what are clouding the issue  
(and on top of all that there''s rails 2.2''s ''load
everything on
startup'' mode which may or may not grab things from /lib - I
can''t
remember)

Fred
>
>
> thanks
> max
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Frederick Cheung wrote:
> On 2 Mar 2009, at 12:36, Max Williams wrote:
> 
>>
>> Is something going wrong for me?  Or are lib files not meant to be
>> loaded automatically?
> 
> As far as I know they are not loaded automatically in the sense that
> rails won''t just load them without any intervention from you. They
are
> in the sense that if you say MyModule then rails will try and load
> my_module.rb in lib (among other places). This of course doesn''t
work
> if what your file contains is a monkey patch. Perhaps these two
> different meanings of automatically are what are clouding the issue
> (and on top of all that there''s rails 2.2''s
''load everything on
> startup'' mode which may or may not grab things from /lib - I
can''t
> remember)
> 
> Fred
ah, ok.  i think that explains my confusion - i''d seen some stuff work 
without being required.  We''re using 2.2.2 though and it''s not
grabbing
everything from lib.

cheers
max
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On Mar 2, 2:25 pm, Max Williams
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wrote:
> Frederick Cheung wrote:
> ah, ok.  i think that explains my confusion - i''d seen some stuff
work
> without being required.  We''re using 2.2.2 though and
it''s not grabbing
> everything from lib.
I should add that that thing is only turned on in production anyway.

Fred
>
> cheers
> max
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