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@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ $*:: The same as ARGV.
$$:: The process number of the Ruby running this script.
$?:: The status of the last executed child process. This value is
thread-local.
-$LOAD_PATH:: Load path for scripts and binary modules by load or require.
- Aliased to $: and $-I. Has a singleton method
- $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path(feature) that returns
- [:rb or :so, path], which resolves the feature to the path the
- original Kernel#require method would load.
+$LOAD_PATH:: Load path for searching Ruby scripts and extension libraries used
+ by Kernel#load and Kernel#require. Aliased to $: and $-I.
+ Has a singleton method $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path(feature)
+ that returns [:rb or :so, path], which resolves the feature to
+ the path the original Kernel#require method would load.
$LOADED_FEATURES:: The array contains the module names loaded by require.
Aliased to $".
$DEBUG:: The debug flag, which is set by the -d switch. Enabling debug