Unnecessary Gem modules loaded under Rails 1.1.2

Rails
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All,

Rails 1.1.2
Win XP Pro
Rubyful Soup 1.0.4
htmltools 1.0.9

I am terribly confused as to what pulling in a gem does with respect to
how many modules get loaded at runtime.

I am using two gems in my app, Rubyful Soup and htmltools.

RubyfulSoup requires one module from the htmltools gem
(html/sgml-parser).
My app requires the RubyfulSoup gem.

When I started my app, something was causing another module from the
htmltools gem named html/tags.rb to be loaded. This eventually led to a
namespace conflict.

When I made local copies of both rubyful_soup.rb and sgml-parser.rb and
then used only a “require” statement to do the appropriate requiring
(abandoning the Gem framework), the html/tags.rb module was never loaded
(which makes sense, because I couldn’t find a dependency from
html/sgml-parser to html/tags in the first place). No namespace
conflict.

I notice that if I just try to have the local copy of rubyful_soup.rb,
but let it refer to the gem-installed ‘html/sgml-parser’, that tags.rb
attempts to be loaded.

Based on the stack trace below, what is ActiveSupport dependencies.rb
doing here?

Why are modules that are never even invoked being loaded for me?

Thanks,
Wes

==============================================================
I forced an error in tags.rb so that I could see whether it was trying
to be loaded or not. Here is the stack trace from that load attempt:

C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:115:in
initialize' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:115:inadd_tag’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:218
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:127
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tree.rb:15
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:182:in activate' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:181:inactivate’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:26:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/modules/rubyful_soup.rb:17
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/models/document.rb:3
-e:4

C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:115:in
initialize' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:115:inadd_tag’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:218
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:127
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tree.rb:15
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:182:in activate' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:181:inactivate’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:26:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/modules/rubyful_soup.rb:17
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:140:in
load' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:56:inrequire_or_load’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:30:in
depend_on' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:85:inrequire_dependency’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:98:in
const_missing' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:131:inconst_missing’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:133:in
const_missing' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb:145:instale_session_check!’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb:107:in
session' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/base.rb:887:inassign_shortcuts_without_flash’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/flash.rb:141:in
assign_shortcuts' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/base.rb:375:inprocess_without_filters’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in
process_without_session_management_support' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:inprocess’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in
dispatch' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:115:inhandle_dispatch’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:81:in
service' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:inservice’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in run' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:instart_thread’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in start_thread' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:instart’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in start' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:instart’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in start' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:67:indispatch’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/commands/server.rb:30
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
script/server:3

C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:115:in
initialize' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:115:inadd_tag’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:218
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tags.rb:127
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/htmltools-1.09/lib/html/tree.rb:15
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:182:in activate' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:181:inactivate’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:26:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/modules/rubyful_soup.rb:17
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/models/document.rb:3
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:140:in
load' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:56:inrequire_or_load’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:30:in
depend_on' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:85:inrequire_dependency’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:98:in
const_missing' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:131:inconst_missing’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:133:in
const_missing' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb:145:instale_session_check!’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb:107:in
session' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/base.rb:887:inassign_shortcuts_without_flash’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/flash.rb:141:in
assign_shortcuts' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/base.rb:375:inprocess_without_filters’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in
process_without_session_management_support' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:inprocess’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in
dispatch' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:115:inhandle_dispatch’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:81:in
service' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:inservice’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in run' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:instart_thread’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in start_thread' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:instart’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in start' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:instart’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in start' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:67:indispatch’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/commands/server.rb:30
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:inrequire’
script/server:3
-e:4

This error occured while loading the following files:
document.rb
./script/…/config/…/app/modules/rubyful_soup.rb
html/sgml-parser.rb
html/tree
html/tags

2

I’ve located the gemspec for htmltools - here it is:

Gem::Specification.new do |s|
s.name = %q{htmltools}
s.version = “1.09”
s.date = %q{2004-09-10}
s.summary = %q{This is a Ruby library for building trees representing
HTML structure.}
s.email = %q{[email protected]}
s.homepage = %q{http://ruby-htmltools.rubyforge.org/}
s.autorequire = %q{html/tree}
s.bindir = nil
s.has_rdoc = nil
s.platform = nil
s.files = [“demo/degolive.rb”, “demo/ebaySearch.rb”, “demo/xpath.rb”,
“INSTALL”, “lib/html/element.rb”, “lib/html/rexml-nodepath.rb”,
“lib/html/sgml-parser.rb”, “lib/html/stparser.rb”, “lib/html/tags.rb”,
“lib/html/tree.rb”, “lib/html/xmltree.rb”, “lib/html/xpath.rb”,
“README”, “test/tc_html-element.rb”, “test/tc_html-tree.rb”,
“test/tc_stacking-parser.rb”, “test/tc_xpath.rb”, “test/suite.rb”]
s.test_files = [“test/suite.rb”]
end

I assume that “s.autorequire = %q{html/tree}” means that this will
automatically be loaded whenever any part of the Gem is loaded. (The
tree.rb file loads the tags.rb file which was causing my namespace
collision.)

Is that correct?

Wes