On 2006-04-03 20:54:25 -0700, Jim Weirich <jim / weirichhouse.org> said:
> But this will not play nicely with RubyGems.  You cannot assume that 
> you are the only one manipulating the load path array.  If you blindly 
> shift directories off the end of the array, it is quite possible you 
> will shift off something added by  someone else (e.g. RubyGems).

I'm using it with my gems, but that thought didn't even cross my mind, 
and is very valid. I'll make a note to update my gems the next time I 
have a free moment.

> I've check the rails source and I didn't see any examples of using 
> shift on the load path array.  Are you sure they do this?

Actually, I believe I plucked it out of ActiveSupport, and that was 
just a paraphrase at best.

Thanks, however, for pointing out the serious problem with that.