[RubyForge-21291] Eliminate most "require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ..."

[hedgehog]

Date:2008-07-21 11:30
Priority:3
Submitted By:Dean Wampler (deanwampler)
Assigned To:Dean Wampler (deanwampler)
Category:Refactorings
State:Open
Summary:Eliminate most "require File.dirname(FILE) + ..."

Detailed description

As Micah Martin blogged, http://blog.8thlight.com/articles/2007/10/08/micahs-general-guidelines-on-ruby-require, you can avoid most of these by setting your path properly. Refactor Aquarium to use these idioms.

[hedgehog]

The approach taken by datamapper might be worth looking at:
http://datamapper.org/