add vendor/ back to load paths; catch errors in constant loading

Signed-off-by: NDavid Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com>

activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb

@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ def new_constants_in(*descs)
       # Build the watch frames. Each frame is a tuple of
       #   [module_name_as_string, constants_defined_elsewhere]
       watch_frames = descs.collect do |desc|
+        begin
           if desc.is_a? Module
             mod_name = desc.name
             initial_constants = desc.local_constant_names
@@ -500,9 +501,12 @@ def new_constants_in(*descs)
           else
             raise Argument, "#{desc.inspect} does not describe a module!"
           end
-
           [mod_name, initial_constants]
+        rescue NameError
+          # mod_name isn't a valid constant name
+          nil
         end
+      end.compact
 
       constant_watch_stack.concat watch_frames
 

railties/lib/initializer.rb

@@ -901,6 +901,7 @@ def default_load_paths
           components
           config
           lib
+          vendor
         ).map { |dir| "#{root_path}/#{dir}" }.select { |dir| File.directory?(dir) }
 
         paths.concat builtin_directories