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diff --git a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md index ab411201e8..767e158a7e 100644 --- a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md +++ b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md @@ -230,10 +230,12 @@ is not entirely equivalent to the one of the body of the definitions using the `class` and `module` keywords. But both idioms result in the same constant assignment. -Thus, when one informally says "the `String` class", that really means: the -class object stored in the constant called "String" and this "String" constant -gets stored in `Object` class. `String` is otherwise an ordinary Ruby constant -and everything related to constants such as resolution algorithms applies to it. +Thus, an informal expression like "the `String` class" technically means the +class object stored in the constant called "String". That constant, in turn, +belongs to the class object stored in the constant called "Object". + +`String` is an ordinary constant, and everything related to them such as +resolution algorithms applies to it. Likewise, in the controller |