# What is the use of Dependencies.log\_activity

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-use-of-dependencies-log-activity/142765>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 11, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-use-of-dependencies-log-activity/142765 "2008-07-11T06:35:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karthikeyan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-use-of-dependencies-log-activity/142765/1 "2008-07-11T06:35:33Z")

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Hi,

What is the use of

Dependencies.log\_activity = true  
Dependencies.explicitly\_unloadable\_constants \<\< ‘Notification’

Thanks in advance…

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**Author:** ![karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@karthikeyan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/karthikeyan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-use-of-dependencies-log-activity/142765/2 "2008-07-11T11:00:56Z")

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On 11 Jul 2008, at 05:35, Karthi kn wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> What is the use of
> 
> Dependencies.log\_activity = true

That logs what the dependencies system is doing. Useful for working  
out what it is doing.

> Dependencies.explicitly\_unloadable\_constants \<\< ‘Notification’

Marks that constant as unloadable

Fred