Nope.
require
ing a file affects global namespace, so if any one of your classes require
some gem all subsequent scopes can access that gem.
Very crappy example but I think it shows my point. We also cant require
specific functions.
EDIT: There was some discussion about this on the bug tracker but I dont think anything came from it Feature #14982: Improve namespace system in ruby to avoiding top-level names chaos - Ruby master - Ruby Issue Tracking System