Feature #18055
Updated by shalokshalom (Matthias Schuster) over 2 years ago
Currently, ``autoload`` [auto_load](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15592) provides the ability to load libraries on the fly, also called lazy loading, in order to avoid huge startup times. This has some disadvantages, who already lead nearly to its [discontinuation](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5653) I suggest a proposal, that solves both these issues. ``introduce`` I imagine this keyword, respectively method keyword behaves like ```require``` at the top of the file and does act like ```autoload``` within a definition. We can also introduce exceptions for cases like the above linked threads. Its also a nice guideline, and easy to remember. *Summary*: ``introduce`` can always behave predictable, optimal, and even work fine without the programmer knowing about its implementation. Similar issues: - https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15592