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diff --git a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md index 489ea681e2..c4fac1cff5 100644 --- a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md +++ b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -**DO NOT READ THIS FILE IN GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED IN http://guides.rubyonrails.org.** +**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.** Autoloading and Reloading Constants =================================== @@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ end ``` The *nesting* at any given place is the collection of enclosing nested class and -module objects outwards. For example, in the previous example, the nesting at +module objects outwards. The nesting at any given place can be inspected with +`Module.nesting`. For example, in the previous example, the nesting at (1) is ```ruby @@ -153,8 +154,6 @@ the blocks that may be passed to `Class.new` and `Module.new` do not get the class or module being defined pushed to their nesting. That's one of the differences between defining classes and modules in one way or another. -The nesting at any given place can be inspected with `Module.nesting`. - ### Class and Module Definitions are Constant Assignments Let's suppose the following snippet creates a class (rather than reopening it): @@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ end ``` `Post` is not syntax for a class. Rather, `Post` is a regular Ruby constant. If -all is good, the constant evaluates to an object that responds to `all`. +all is good, the constant is evaluated to an object that responds to `all`. That is why we talk about *constant* autoloading, Rails has the ability to load constants on the fly. @@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ checked. Rails autoloading **does not emulate this algorithm**, but its starting point is the name of the constant to be autoloaded, and the parent. See more in -[Qualified References](#qualified-references). +[Qualified References](#autoloading-algorithms-qualified-references). Vocabulary @@ -685,12 +684,12 @@ creates an empty module and assigns it to the `Admin` constant on the fly. ### Generic Procedure Relative references are reported to be missing in the cref where they were hit, -and qualified references are reported to be missing in their parent. (See +and qualified references are reported to be missing in their parent (see [Resolution Algorithm for Relative Constants](#resolution-algorithm-for-relative-constants) at the beginning of this guide for the definition of *cref*, and [Resolution Algorithm for Qualified Constants](#resolution-algorithm-for-qualified-constants) for the definition of -*parent*.) +*parent*). The procedure to autoload constant `C` in an arbitrary situation is as follows: @@ -868,8 +867,8 @@ end ``` To resolve `User` Ruby checks `Admin` in the former case, but it does not in -the latter because it does not belong to the nesting. (See [Nesting](#nesting) -and [Resolution Algorithms](#resolution-algorithms).) +the latter because it does not belong to the nesting (see [Nesting](#nesting) +and [Resolution Algorithms](#resolution-algorithms)). Unfortunately Rails autoloading does not know the nesting in the spot where the constant was missing and so it is not able to act as Ruby would. In particular, @@ -1284,7 +1283,7 @@ c.user # NameError: uninitialized constant C::User ``` because it detects that a parent namespace already has the constant (see [Qualified -References](#autoloading-algorithms-qualified-references).) +References](#autoloading-algorithms-qualified-references)). As with pure Ruby, within the body of a direct descendant of `BasicObject` use always absolute constant paths: |