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I'm a bit confused by the terminology here. I thought "autoloading" referred to deferring the loading of a constant until it is first used (as described in thi
by codesections 5y ago
I'm a bit confused by the terminology here. I thought "autoloading" referred to deferring the loading of a constant until it is first used (as described in this post[0]). But the author seems to be talking about loading code without an "import/use/require" statement.
Are those two different meanings for "autoloading"? Or do the two go together in Ruby? (As is probably obvious, I'm not a Ruby dev)
[0]: http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-techniques-revealed-autoload-1652.html http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-techniques-revealed-autoload-...
- jaredcwhite 5y agoYeah, there's the autoloading vs. eager loading question of when a constant first triggers loading a code file, but I think in a broader sense autoloading is used to refer to the idea that your code files will just automatically get loaded in a project as long as you use the right naming conventions.