From: Roger Pack Date: 2011-12-06T06:28:03+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:41492] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #5654] Introduce global lock to avoid concurrent require > The main caveat I can think of is that starting a reactor or other server loop inside a `require` will no longer work. I would argue that the benefits of much more deterministic require outweigh the costs of losing the ability to do this. +1 -r