[Rubygems-developers] Getting at non-lib dirs in gem (like datadir)

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Could these be added to the Gems module?

    # Queries useful for getting to non-lib files in a distribution.

    def active?(gemname)
      @loaded_specs ||= Hash.new
      @loaded_specs.key? gemname
    end

    def gemspec(gemname)
      @loaded_specs[gemname] if active?(gemname)
    end

    def gempath(gemname)
      @loaded_specs[gemname].full_gem_path if active?(gemname)
    end

    def gemdir(gemname, dir)
      if active?(gemname)
        File.join(gempath, dir)
      end
    end

The offer a solution to the data/ dir problem. I.e.

  DATADIR = Gem.gemdir( 'calibre', 'data/calibre/units' )

Thanks.