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diff --git a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md index 517db0d222..c012ded888 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md +++ b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ After reading this guide, you will know: * What Core Extensions are. * How to load all extensions. * How to cherry-pick just the extensions you want. -* What extensions ActiveSupport provides. +* What extensions Active Support provides. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/object/duplicable.rb`. ### `deep_dup` -The `deep_dup` method returns deep copy of a given object. Normally, when you `dup` an object that contains other objects, ruby does not `dup` them, so it creates a shallow copy of the object. If you have an array with a string, for example, it will look like this: +The `deep_dup` method returns deep copy of a given object. Normally, when you `dup` an object that contains other objects, Ruby does not `dup` them, so it creates a shallow copy of the object. If you have an array with a string, for example, it will look like this: ```ruby array = ['string'] @@ -476,12 +476,11 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb`. ### `in?` -The predicate `in?` tests if an object is included in another object or a list of objects. An `ArgumentError` exception will be raised if a single argument is passed and it does not respond to `include?`. +The predicate `in?` tests if an object is included in another object. An `ArgumentError` exception will be raised if the argument passed does not respond to `include?`. Examples of `in?`: ```ruby -1.in?(1,2) # => true 1.in?([1,2]) # => true "lo".in?("hello") # => true 25.in?(30..50) # => false @@ -1039,6 +1038,8 @@ For convenience `class_attribute` also defines an instance predicate which is th When `:instance_reader` is `false`, the instance predicate returns a `NoMethodError` just like the reader method. +If you do not want the instance predicate, pass `instance_predicate: false` and it will not be defined. + NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/class/attribute.rb` #### `cattr_reader`, `cattr_writer`, and `cattr_accessor` @@ -1344,7 +1345,7 @@ The second argument, `indent_string`, specifies which indent string to use. The "foo".indent(2, "\t") # => "\t\tfoo" ``` -While `indent_string` is tipically one space or tab, it may be any string. +While `indent_string` is typically one space or tab, it may be any string. The third argument, `indent_empty_lines`, is a flag that says whether empty lines should be indented. Default is false. @@ -2198,7 +2199,7 @@ This method accepts three options: * `:words_connector`: What is used to join the elements of arrays with 3 or more elements, except for the last two. Default is ", ". * `:last_word_connector`: What is used to join the last items of an array with 3 or more elements. Default is ", and ". -The defaults for these options can be localised, their keys are: +The defaults for these options can be localized, their keys are: | Option | I18n key | | ---------------------- | ----------------------------------- | @@ -2214,7 +2215,9 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/array/conversions.rb`. The method `to_formatted_s` acts like `to_s` by default. -If the array contains items that respond to `id`, however, it may be passed the symbol `:db` as argument. That's typically used with collections of ARs. Returned strings are: +If the array contains items that respond to `id`, however, the symbol +`:db` may be passed as argument. That's typically used with +collections of Active Record objects. Returned strings are: ```ruby [].to_formatted_s(:db) # => "null" @@ -2370,7 +2373,8 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/array/wrap.rb`. ### Duplicating -The method `Array.deep_dup` duplicates itself and all objects inside recursively with ActiveSupport method `Object#deep_dup`. It works like `Array#map` with sending `deep_dup` method to each object inside. +The method `Array.deep_dup` duplicates itself and all objects inside +recursively with Active Support method `Object#deep_dup`. It works like `Array#map` with sending `deep_dup` method to each object inside. ```ruby array = [1, [2, 3]] @@ -2591,7 +2595,8 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/hash/deep_merge.rb`. ### Deep duplicating -The method `Hash.deep_dup` duplicates itself and all keys and values inside recursively with ActiveSupport method `Object#deep_dup`. It works like `Enumerator#each_with_object` with sending `deep_dup` method to each pair inside. +The method `Hash.deep_dup` duplicates itself and all keys and values +inside recursively with Active Support method `Object#deep_dup`. It works like `Enumerator#each_with_object` with sending `deep_dup` method to each pair inside. ```ruby hash = { a: 1, b: { c: 2, d: [3, 4] } } |