Require behaviour

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Dear folks,
   I'm new to ruby, Please explain the following snippet's behavior

def require( *packages )
        packages.each{ | pack |
                super( pack );
        }
end
require('rubygems','actionmailer')

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Dear folks,
  I'm new to ruby, Please explain the following snippet's behavior

def require( *packages )

Override require with an array an variable length argument list, which will
be an array in the function

       packages.each{ | pack |

Iterate through the list where pack is the current item.

               super( pack );

Send the current item to the ogiginal require.

       }
end
require('rubygems','actionmailer')

Which allows you to require more than one item at a time.
Hope this helps.

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Maran Chandrasekar < maran.asterisk@gmail.com> wrote:

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Dylan Evans <dylan.star@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Maran Chandrasekar < > maran.asterisk@gmail.com> wrote:

               super( pack );

Send the current item to the ogiginal require.