With 'autoload' being deprecated, what should devs use in the meantime?

Question

Having read a couple weeks ago that autoload is officially deprecated, Matz discourages use of it. What is to replace it? What should developers do instead? I used it in some command-line gems to save unnecessary loading of libs that may never be used, as well as in JRuby to prevent the same for .jar files.

Answer 1

I've seen people use the EasyLoad gem, it claims to be a autoload alternative. It loads based on directory module naming convention.