[Source] Autoload fileutils

[segiddins]

Description:

Since fileutils is now a gem

Tasks:

• Describe the problem / feature
• Write tests
• Write code to solve the problem
• Get code review from coworkers / friends

I will abide by the code of conduct.

[segiddins]

Any objection to this?

[hsbt]

I wonder why we use autoload for default gem.

PS. Matz is against to use autoload. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5653. We have the plan to deprecate or remove on long term (at Ruby 3.0?)

[segiddins]

The removal of autoload would make bundler and rubygems setup much much slower, and I think autoload is far preferable to manually adding require "foo" to every place foo is used to lazy-load the code (in addition to being faster, because of the way RubyGem's require is implemented)

[djberg96]

@hsbt Generally true that it should be avoid because of threading issues from what I've read. But, rubygems isn't typically used as a library, so I'm not sure how much real risk there is.

[matthewd]

@djberg96 FYI autoload has officially been threadsafe since 2.0 (ruby/ruby@1e7f99d)... though I've seen hints of bugs, so whether that's informative may depend on how recent your existing information is. 😅

(Since that change, I'm not sure why it would still be removed, tbh.. but that's a discussion for elsewhere.)

[djberg96]

@matthewd Ok, thanks. Alright, then I say merge.

[segiddins]

@homu r+

[homu]

📌 Commit 535d405 has been approved by segiddins

[homu]

⌛ Testing commit 535d405 with merge 6d86cd4...

[homu]

☀️ Test successful - status