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| -rw-r--r-- | load.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -957,15 +957,14 @@ static VALUE rb_require_string_internal(VALUE fname, bool resurrect); * If the filename starts with './' or '../', resolution is based on Dir.pwd. * * If the filename has the extension ".rb", it is loaded as a source file; if - * the extension is ".so", ".o", or ".dll", or the default shared library - * extension on the current platform, Ruby loads the shared library as a - * Ruby extension. Otherwise, Ruby tries adding ".rb", ".so", and so on - * to the name until found. If the file named cannot be found, a LoadError - * will be raised. + * the extension is ".so", ".o", or the default shared library extension on + * the current platform, Ruby loads the shared library as a Ruby extension. + * Otherwise, Ruby tries adding ".rb", ".so", and so on to the name until + * found. If the file named cannot be found, a LoadError will be raised. * - * For Ruby extensions the filename given may use any shared library - * extension. For example, on Linux the socket extension is "socket.so" and - * <code>require 'socket.dll'</code> will load the socket extension. + * For Ruby extensions the filename given may use ".so" or ".o". For example, + * on Windows the socket extension is "socket.dll" and + * <code>require 'socket.so'</code> will load the socket extension. * * The absolute path of the loaded file is added to * <code>$LOADED_FEATURES</code> (<code>$"</code>). A file will not be |