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diff --git a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md index 8f9125f311..9e78eebf82 100644 --- a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md +++ b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md @@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ order. The ancestors of those elements are ignored. 2. If not found, then the algorithm walks up the ancestor chain of the cref. -3. If not found, `const_missing` is invoked on the cref. The default +3. If not found and the cref is a module, the constant is looked up in `Object`. + +4. If not found, `const_missing` is invoked on the cref. The default implementation of `const_missing` raises `NameError`, but it can be overridden. Rails autoloading **does not emulate this algorithm**, but its starting point is |