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diff --git a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
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+++ b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
@@ -330,11 +330,17 @@ its resolution next. Let's define *parent* to be that qualifying class or module
object, that is, `Billing` in the example above. The algorithm for qualified
constants goes like this:
-1. The constant is looked up in the parent and its ancestors.
+1. The constant is looked up in the parent and its ancestors. In Ruby >= 2.5,
+`Object` is skipped if present among the ancestors. `Kernel` and `BasicObject`
+are still checked though.
2. If the lookup fails, `const_missing` is invoked in the parent. The default
implementation of `const_missing` raises `NameError`, but it can be overridden.
+INFO. In Ruby < 2.5 `String::Hash` evaluates to `Hash` and the interpreter
+issues a warning: "toplevel constant Hash referenced by String::Hash". Starting
+with 2.5, `String::Hash` raises `NameError` because `Object` is skipped.
+
As you see, this algorithm is simpler than the one for relative constants. In
particular, the nesting plays no role here, and modules are not special-cased,
if neither they nor their ancestors have the constants, `Object` is **not**
@@ -475,12 +481,21 @@ it is (edited):
```
$ bin/rails r 'puts ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths'
.../app/assets
+.../app/channels
.../app/controllers
+.../app/controllers/concerns
.../app/helpers
+.../app/jobs
.../app/mailers
.../app/models
-.../app/controllers/concerns
.../app/models/concerns
+.../activestorage/app/assets
+.../activestorage/app/controllers
+.../activestorage/app/javascript
+.../activestorage/app/jobs
+.../activestorage/app/models
+.../actioncable/app/assets
+.../actionview/app/assets
.../test/mailers/previews
```
@@ -945,7 +960,7 @@ to work on some subclass, things get interesting.
While working with `Polygon` you do not need to be aware of all its descendants,
because anything in the table is by definition a polygon, but when working with
subclasses Active Record needs to be able to enumerate the types it is looking
-for. Let’s see an example.
+for. Let's see an example.
`Rectangle.all` only loads rectangles by adding a type constraint to the query:
@@ -954,7 +969,7 @@ SELECT "polygons".* FROM "polygons"
WHERE "polygons"."type" IN ("Rectangle")
```
-Let’s introduce now a subclass of `Rectangle`:
+Let's introduce now a subclass of `Rectangle`:
```ruby
# app/models/square.rb
@@ -969,7 +984,7 @@ SELECT "polygons".* FROM "polygons"
WHERE "polygons"."type" IN ("Rectangle", "Square")
```
-But there’s a caveat here: How does Active Record know that the class `Square`
+But there's a caveat here: How does Active Record know that the class `Square`
exists at all?
Even if the file `app/models/square.rb` exists and defines the `Square` class,
@@ -1040,7 +1055,7 @@ end
The purpose of this setup would be that the application uses the class that
corresponds to the environment via `AUTH_SERVICE`. In development mode
-`MockedAuthService` gets autoloaded when the initializer runs. Let’s suppose
+`MockedAuthService` gets autoloaded when the initializer runs. Let's suppose
we do some requests, change its implementation, and hit the application again.
To our surprise the changes are not reflected. Why?
@@ -1169,6 +1184,8 @@ end
#### Qualified References
+WARNING. This gotcha is only possible in Ruby < 2.5.
+
Given
```ruby