Using gems from C extensions

[Andre Nathan]

Hello

I'm trying to use the json gem from a C extension. Doing this fails with
"no such file to load -- json (LoadError)":

rb_require("rubygems");
rb_require("json");

However, if I add

rb_funcall(rb_mKernel, rb_intern("gem"), 1, rb_str_new2("json"));

before rb_require("json"), then it works fine. Is that how it's supposed
to work?

Thanks,
Andre

 

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[Andre Nathan]

Maybe the better way is just use only rb_require("json") in C
extension. Before loading extension, in ruby code user should manually
do require "rubygems". I think it's better way because it doesn't
assume that user has rubygems installed. In ruby1.9 there is no
problem because rubygems is built-in into core.

This is for a controlled environment. I know I have rubygems

I just wanted to understand why the explicit call to "gem" is needed,
since in ruby code it isn't.

Best,
Andre

 

[Eric Hodel]

I'm trying to use the json gem from a C extension. Doing this fails
with
"no such file to load -- json (LoadError)":

rb_require("rubygems");
rb_require("json");

However, if I add

rb_funcall(rb_mKernel, rb_intern("gem"), 1, rb_str_new2("json"));

before rb_require("json"), then it works fine. Is that how it's
supposed
to work?

Yes. rb_require calls the base require, not the RubyGems overridden
one.

Instead of calling #gem, you can rb_funcall require instead.

 

[Andre Nathan]

Instead of calling #gem, you can rb_funcall require instead.

Strange, I tried that but it didn't find the json gem. I tried with both

rb_require("rubygems");
rb_funcall(rb_mKernel, rb_intern("require"), 1, rb_str_new2("json"));

and

rb_funcall(rb_mKernel, rb_intern("require"), 1,
rb_str_new2("rubygems"));
rb_funcall(rb_mKernel, rb_intern("require"), 1, rb_str_new2("json"));

I'm using ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-23 patchlevel 110).

Andre