From ee1f39ef882e7ce175794e6286c0dcafba0bfa35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yusuke Endoh <mame@ruby-lang.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:45:23 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Add a document to autoload

Users are responsible for avoiding circular autoload.

[Misc #21154]
---
 load.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index 4ccd2ed20f..4023ac03ba 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,9 @@ ruby_init_ext(const char *name, void (*init)(void))
  *  If _const_ in _mod_ is defined as autoload, the file name to be
  *  loaded is replaced with _filename_.  If _const_ is defined but not
  *  as autoload, does nothing.
+ *
+ *  Files that are currently being loaded must not be registered for
+ *  autoload.
  */
 
 static VALUE
@@ -1535,6 +1538,9 @@ rb_mod_autoload_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE mod)
  *  If _const_ is defined as autoload, the file name to be loaded is
  *  replaced with _filename_.  If _const_ is defined but not as
  *  autoload, does nothing.
+ *
+ *  Files that are currently being loaded must not be registered for
+ *  autoload.
  */
 
 static VALUE