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diff --git a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md index 2ac5a2188b..e3b0f42a95 100644 --- a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -147,18 +147,18 @@ documentation. ### Autoloading is Disabled After Booting in the Production Environment -Autoloading is now disabled after booting in the production environment by -default. - -Eager loading the application is part of the boot process, so top-level -constants are fine and are still autoloaded, no need to require their files. - -Constants in deeper places only executed at runtime, like regular method bodies, -are also fine because the file defining them will have been eager loaded while booting. - -For the vast majority of applications this change needs no action. But in the -very rare event that your application needs autoloading while running in -production mode, set `Rails.application.config.enable_dependency_loading` to +Autoloading of paths in `config.autoload_paths` is now disabled after booting in +the production environment by default. Eager loading the application is part of +the boot process. Top-level constants should still work as they are still +autoloaded, meaning you don't need to manually require them. + +Constants in deeper places are only executed at runtime, like regular method +bodies. These should also still work because their Ruby definition files will be +eager loaded during the boot process as well. + +For the vast majority of applications this change requires no action. But in the +rare situation where your application needs autoloading in the production +environment, you can set `Rails.application.config.enable_dependency_loading` to true. ### XML Serialization |