Kernel.require behavior

rubyonrails-talk
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Is it correct that Kernel.require returns (1) true if the file was successfully required (and wasn't already loaded), (2) false if it was successfully required (but was already loaded), or (3) throws a LoadError if it couldn't be successfully required.

I claim that the rdoc is misleading and should be corrected as it says:

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Looks like this is the case. You might want to direct this question at ruby-talk instead of RoR talk.