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diff --git a/guides/source/constant_autoloading_and_reloading.md b/guides/source/constant_autoloading_and_reloading.md index 4bfd6df0bd..40fde8a6ac 100644 --- a/guides/source/constant_autoloading_and_reloading.md +++ b/guides/source/constant_autoloading_and_reloading.md @@ -238,21 +238,21 @@ end First, when the `module` keyword is processed the interpreter creates a new entry in the constant table of the class object stored in the `Object` constant. -Said entry associates the string "Colors" to a newly created module object. +Said entry associates the name "Colors" to a newly created module object. Furthermore, the interpreter sets the name of the new module object to be the string "Colors". Later, when the body of the module definition is interpreted, a new entry is created in the constant table of the module object stored in the `Colors` -constant. That entry maps the string "RED" to the string "0xff0000". +constant. That entry maps the name "RED" to the string "0xff0000". In particular, `Colors::RED` is totally unrelated to any other `RED` constant that may live in any other class or module object. If there were any, they would have separate entries in their respective constant tables. Put special attention in the previous paragraphs to the distinction between -class and module objects, constant names as strings, and value objects -assiociated to them in constant tables. +class and module objects, constant names, and value objects assiociated to them +in constant tables. autoload_paths |