Ok that made it work, but still doesn't make sense to me, there must be something else wrong in my environment right?
Also to reference the class, I still needed to prefix the module name which is also strange because I am requiring it! Example: require './mycar/car' MyCar::Car.new # this works Car.new #didn't work On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 5:46 PM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why doesn't mine work, very confused?? > > I've never seen that require in any gems on the web thought? > > > > https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/blob/master/lib/cancan.rb > > > require 'cancan/ability' > > require 'cancan/rule' > > require 'cancan/controller_resource' > require 'cancan/controller_additions' > > require 'cancan/model_additions' > > require 'cancan/exceptions' > > require 'cancan/inherited_resource' > > > require 'cancan/model_adapters/abstract_adapter' > > require 'cancan/model_adapters/default_adapter' > > require 'cancan/model_adapters/active_record_adapter' if defined? ActiveRecord > > require 'cancan/model_adapters/data_mapper_adapter' if defined? DataMapper > > require 'cancan/model_adapters/mongoid_adapter' if defined?(Mongoid) && > defined?(Mongoid::Document) > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Everaldo Gomes > <everaldo.go...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi. There is a typo, the correct is Module MyCar >> >> and try doing this: require './mycar/car' >> >> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:29 PM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have a simple require call that is failing with: >>> >>> ruby mycar.rb >>> /Users/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in >>> `require': cannot load such file -- mycar/car (LoadError) >>> from >>> /Users/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in >>> `require' >>> from mycar.rb:1:in `<main>' >>> >>> My file layout is: >>> >>> mycar.rb >>> mycar/car.rb >>> >>> mycar.rb looks like: >>> >>> require 'mycar/car' >>> >>> >>> >>> car.rb looks like: >>> >>> modle MyCar >>> class Car >>> end >>> end >>> >>> >>> Why isn't this working, getting frustrated :( >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.