Issue #18401 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada). Status changed from Open to Feedback vo.x (Vit Ondruch) wrote:

My proposal is to change the `require_relative` in following way:

~~~ $LOAD_PATH.unshift __dir__ require "foo" ~~~

Do you mean `require_relative` should load the file in the current working directory? I don't think it is reasonable behavior. `require_relative` binds the caller's location more tightly, and should not be affected by the runtime environment.

In essence, non of the `require_relative`, `require`, `__FILE__` or `__dir__` would need to use real path. The scenario bellow would provide expected output:

~~~ $ mkdir a $ mkdir b $ echo 'puts __dir__' > a/test.rb $ cd b $ ln -s ../a/test.rb test.rb $ ruby test.rb /home/vondruch/ruby/a ~~~

Isn't this the same as the current behavior? ---------------------------------------- Feature #18401: Rework `require_relative` to add the "current path" on `$LOAD_PATH` https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18401#change-119130 * Author: vo.x (Vit Ondruch) * Status: Feedback ---------------------------------------- I think that since inception of `require_relative`, the implementation is wrong and is going against the spirit of `require` functionality. Let me explain. If there is `require "foo"`, it does something like: ~~~ r = $LOAD_PATH.select {|lp| File.exist? File.join(lp, "foo")}.first load(r) ~~~ But `require_relative "foo"` does something different: ~~~ r = File.join(File.realpath(__dir__), "foo") load(r) ~~~ Please note that this is problematic if mixture of `require` and `require_relative` (not mentioning `__FILE__` and `__dir__` are used. The major difference is actually the `File.realpath` here, because it expands symlinks and that is difference to `require` and may allow double loading. My proposal is to change the `require_relative` in following way: ~~~ $LOAD_PATH.unshift __dir__ require "foo" ~~~ In essence, non of the `require_relative`, `require`, `__FILE__` or `__dir__` would need to use real path. The scenario bellow would provide expected output: ~~~ $ mkdir a $ mkdir b $ echo 'puts __dir__' > a/test.rb $ cd b $ ln -s ../a/test.rb test.rb $ ruby test.rb /home/vondruch/ruby/a ~~~ This would also resolve issues such as #16978, #10222 or #17885 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/