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diff --git a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md index 1438245f9c..ae573cc77c 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md +++ b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md @@ -674,44 +674,6 @@ M.parents # => [X::Y, X, Object] NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb`. -### Reachable - -A named module is reachable if it is stored in its corresponding constant. It means you can reach the module object via the constant. - -That is what ordinarily happens, if a module is called "M", the `M` constant exists and holds it: - -```ruby -module M -end - -M.reachable? # => true -``` - -But since constants and modules are indeed kind of decoupled, module objects can become unreachable: - -```ruby -module M -end - -orphan = Object.send(:remove_const, :M) - -# The module object is orphan now but it still has a name. -orphan.name # => "M" - -# You cannot reach it via the constant M because it does not even exist. -orphan.reachable? # => false - -# Let's define a module called "M" again. -module M -end - -# The constant M exists now again, and it stores a module -# object called "M", but it is a new instance. -orphan.reachable? # => false -``` - -NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/module/reachable.rb`. - ### Anonymous A module may or may not have a name: @@ -745,7 +707,6 @@ end m = Object.send(:remove_const, :M) -m.reachable? # => false m.anonymous? # => false ``` |