From 1720f06c024e2e642f9d1b19e0924befc21eb551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Kanis <lars.kanis@sincnovation.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:56:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Fix loading of VERSION in gemspec and make it autoload

Fixes:
  LoadError: cannot load such file -- C:/ruby-serialport/(eval at C:/ruby-serialport/lib/serialport/version (LoadError)
---
 lib/serialport.rb         | 5 +++--
 lib/serialport/version.rb | 2 +-
 serialport.gemspec        | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/serialport.rb b/lib/serialport.rb
index 8062770..4b83349 100644
--- a/lib/serialport.rb
+++ b/lib/serialport.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'serialport.so'
-require 'serialport/version'
 
 
 # This class is used for communication over a serial port.
@@ -7,7 +6,9 @@ require 'serialport/version'
 #
 # @see http://rubydoc.info/stdlib/core/IO Ruby IO class
 # @see http://www.cmrr.umn.edu/~strupp/serial.html "Serial Programming Guide for POSIX Operating Systems"
-class SerialPort
+class SerialPort < IO
+   autoload :VERSION, 'serialport/version'
+
    private_class_method(:create)
 
    # Creates a serial port object.
diff --git a/lib/serialport/version.rb b/lib/serialport/version.rb
index 718c16c..1919056 100644
--- a/lib/serialport/version.rb
+++ b/lib/serialport/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-class SerialPort
+class SerialPort < IO
   VERSION = "1.3.2"
 end
diff --git a/serialport.gemspec b/serialport.gemspec
index dc574a9..85cd7ec 100644
--- a/serialport.gemspec
+++ b/serialport.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-require File.expand_path('../lib/serialport/version', __FILE__)
+$: << "lib"
+require "serialport/version"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "serialport"
-- 
2.39.5