Couldn't reload a module when it's changed. Tried :require_dependency, :watchable_dirs, :unloadable

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I'm completely messed with module reloading in development mode. I have to restart app server each time I edit lib/z/nginx.rb which is included in app/models/user_case.rb

app/models/user_case.rb   require_dependency 'z/nginx'   class UserCase < ActiveRecord::Base     include Z::Nginx     unloadable

I added to environment.rb   config.watchable_dirs['lib'] = [:rb]   config.watchable_dirs['lib/z'] = [:rb]   ActiveSupport::Dependencies.explicitly_unloadable_constants += %w[Z::Nginx UserCase]

But that doesn't work for me. When I change a string value, which is returned by the module method, I get in a view the old value until app server restarted.

How can I get the new value without restaring app server?

Rails 3.2.3

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You need to use autoload_paths:

config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)

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Rails 3.x will support the autoload feature…

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Oscar Del Ben wrote in post #1063552:

You need to use autoload_paths:

config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)

Thank you Oscar! That works for me )