From: Nikolai Weibull <now@...>
Date: 2011-12-15T19:06:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:41673] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #5767][Open] Cache expanded_load_path to reduce startup time

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 10:18, Yura Sokolov <funny.falcon@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Issue #5767 has been reported by Yura Sokolov.
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> Feature #5767: Cache expanded_load_path to reduce startup time
> http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5767
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> Author: Yura Sokolov
> Status: Open
> Priority: Normal
> Assignee:
> Category:
> Target version:
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> This patch add caching of expanded load path.
> It reduces rails startup time by 33%
> (patch against 1.9.3-p0 and simple performance test is here https://gist.github.com/1480404 )

Is it only me, or is treating $LOAD_PATH like an array hurting
possible optimizations?  I mean, how sane is it to allow
$LOAD_PATH.map!{ ��� }?