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# File action_controller/routing/route_set.rb, line 242
def reload
  if @routes_last_modified && defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
    mtime = File.stat("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/routes.rb").mtime
    # if it hasn't been changed, then just return
    return if mtime == @routes_last_modified
    # if it has changed then record the new time and fall to the load! below
    @routes_last_modified = mtime
  end
  load!
end