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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:46:12 +0200
From: "Isak Hansen" <isak.han...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Rails] Re: Problem with overriding rails accessor methods
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On 8/21/06, Chris Wanstrath <ch...@ozmm.org> wrote:
>
> belongs_to adds the `grammar_tense_code' method to Word.  You're then
> (almost immediately) overriding it.  To get what you want you need to alias
> the original method then reference it inside your new method.
>
> ar/lib/active_record/associations.rb will lead the way to
> wealth and power.
>

Did he really mean to make a question about associations, though - or
just about mapped columns in general?


I have to say I find the way AR works quite counter-intuitive.

What I'd expect is to have method_missing() implemented in the super
class and fully overridable by subclasses, but instead AR:Base decides
to fudge with its children.

There are probably some sound technical reasons for this, though. I
take it there's no viable way for AR::Base.method_missing() to
reach/inspect the caller when called (indirectly) from a subclass?


Isak