Best way to load module/class from lib folder in Rails 3?

Question

Since the latest Rails 3 release is not auto-loading modules and classes from lib anymore, what would be the best way to load them?

From github:

Answer 1

Warning: if you want to load the 'monkey patch' or 'open class' from your 'lib' folder, don't use the 'autoload' approach!!!

• "config.autoload_paths" approach: only works if you are loading a class that defined only in ONE place. If some class has been already defined somewhere else, then you can't load it again by this approach.

• "config/initializer/load_rb_file.rb" approach: always works! whatever the target class is a new class or an "open class" or "monkey patch" for existing class, it always works!

For more details , see: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6797707/445908