Load/require into module/class, revisted

Ruby
1

revisting a topic brought up a few times before. a good reference
being:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/74f323436b2bc85f/0c7780b698866cc5?lnk=gst&q=load+import&rnum=4&hl=en#0c7780b698866cc5

after considerable thought i think the interface that makes the most
sense is #module_load / #module_require. below is an implementation
please suggest improvements to the code.

thanks,
t.

module Module

Load file into module/class namespace.

def module_load( path )
if path =~ /^[/~.]/
file = File.expand_path(path)
else
$LOAD_PATH.each do |lp|
file = File.join(lp,path)
break if File.exist?(file)
file = nil
end
end

module_eval(File.read(file))

end

Require file into module/class namespace.

def module_require( path )
if path =~ /^[/~.]/
file = File.expand_path(path)
else
$LOAD_PATH.each do |lp|
file = File.join(lp,path)
break if File.exist?(file)
file += ‘.rb’
break if File.exist?(file)
file = nil
end
end

@loaded ||= {}
if @loaded.key?(file)
  false
else
  @loaded[file] = true
  module_eval(File.read(file))
  true
end

end

end

class Class
alias class_load module_load
alias class_require module_require
end