If so, shouldn't it be documented in the Rails API?
Or is there a better way to allow class reloading of my files under lib. I mean, I know about config.autoload_paths, but I want to be explicit about my requires. I just want to be able to reload then on each request when I'm working on them.
require_dependency seems to do just that but I'm worried since it is not mentioned in the official public API.
require_dependency is designed to be used for the purposes you describe.
A lot of things aren’t documented in the Rails API that are public. Doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t use them.
I can't see require_dependency being removed without a deprecation so I'd say go ahead.
And feel free to submit a doc patch...
The entire file is marked as :nodoc:
https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb#L218
There must be a reason for that and I'd need to understand the reason first before providing a doc patch.
Is it possible to override the :nodoc: instruction for some particular method?
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