In article <IJXUe.3397$S26.923 / tornado.texas.rr.com>, itsme213 <itsme213 / hotmail.com> wrote: >When requiring a gem with > require 'gemname' > >I seem to get a consistent return of "false", even when the gem has been >loaded successfully. This does not match the spec of 'require'. > >Is this a gem bug? Or is it supposed to behave this way? > >Thanks. > I've noticed this too. Mostly you notice it in irb, of course. Before I realized that it was giving me a false 'false' I spent a lot of time trying to download the gem again and load it, etc. Any ideas why reuire 'gem' returns false even when successful? Phil