Class ActiveSupport::Dependencies::WatchStack
In: lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
Parent: Hash

The WatchStack keeps a stack of the modules being watched as files are loaded. If a file in the process of being loaded (parent.rb) triggers the load of another file (child.rb) the stack will ensure that child.rb handles the new constants.

If child.rb is being autoloaded, its constants will be added to autoloaded_constants. If it was being `require`d, they will be discarded.

This is handled by walking back up the watch stack and adding the constants found by child.rb to the list of original constants in parent.rb

Methods

Public Class methods

@watching is a stack of lists of constants being watched. For instance, if parent.rb is autoloaded, the stack will look like [[Object]]. If parent.rb then requires namespace/child.rb, the stack will look like [[Object], [Namespace]].

Public Instance methods

return a list of new constants found since the last call to watch_namespaces

Add a set of modules to the watch stack, remembering the initial constants

[Validate]