# What is "reloadable\_patch" exactly?

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**Created:** [August 9, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-reloadable-patch-exactly/160247 "2020-08-09T11:40:00Z")\
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> [@fzngagan](#):
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> Its defined here. Hope that helps in digging further.

Thanks so much @fzngagan

Not sure why that `def` method did not show up when I searched the repo with that keyword; but that is exactly what I was looking for!

Thank you again!!

Edit: I see what happened. I did not look into that `instance.rb` file deep enough and stopped at the top of the file; but there were 23 entries for `reloadable_patch` in the file, and the `def` was at the bottom.

A “def reloadable\_patch” in quotes search found it (just now) 🙂

I’m starting to get addicted to Ruby, looking into every nook and cranny.

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