From 8a5b4ad1153ee725e30030963aa7787e683a8922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drbrain Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:58:01 +0000 Subject: * load.c (rb_f_require): Add note to require for scope of items in the loaded file. [ruby-trunk - #5910] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@34758 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- load.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'load.c') diff --git a/load.c b/load.c index d36285fc38..cddd7255ac 100644 --- a/load.c +++ b/load.c @@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ load_unlock(const char *ftptr, int done) * * require "my-library.rb" * require "db-driver" + * + * Any constants or globals within the loaded source file will be available + * in the calling program's global namespace. However, local variables will + * not be propagated to the loading environment. + * */ VALUE -- cgit v1.2.3