* load.c (rb_f_require): Add note to require for scope of items in the

  loaded file.  [ruby-trunk - #5910]


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@34758 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index d36285fc38..cddd7255ac 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ load_unlock(const char *ftptr, int done)
  *
  *    require "my-library.rb"
  *    require "db-driver"
+ *
+ *  Any constants or globals within the loaded source file will be available
+ *  in the calling program's global namespace. However, local variables will
+ *  not be propagated to the loading environment.
+ *
  */
 
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