[rspec-users] Weird bug in association extensions

[Scott Taylor]

court3nay wrote:
> Hey all, just upgraded an older app to latest rspec and rails. This
> code runs fine in console but fails under rspec.
>
>     class User
>       has_many :statuses, :extend => Status:::AssociationExtension
>     end
>
>     module Status::AssociationExtensions
>       def after(status)
>         find(:first, :conditions => ['statuses.created_at > ?',
> status.created_at], :order => 'statuses.created_at')
>       end
>     end
>
> This code works in the app and from console
>
>     recent = @user.statuses.first
>     status = @user.statuses.after(recent)
>
> But in the spec, I get this: Weird, eh? It thinks that "self.class" ==
> Array and can't find the "find" method on the array instance.  Is this
> something in my code somewhere, or did something change with
> association collections?
>   

Personally I just always run the debugger whenever I encounter some 
weird fucked up thing like this in rails.  Better to know that to guess.

But, if I recall correctly, the association proxy is just an Array which 
includes a ton of modules - some of which come from AR.

http://gist.github.com/10c44efda79f31fd2443

Scott


> 6)
> NoMethodError in 'StatusesController PUT #update StatusesController
> (unsuccessful save) assigns @status'
> undefined method `find' for #<Class:0x2521c94>
> /Users/courtenay/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/
> active_record/base.rb:1964:in `method_missing_without_paginate'
> /Users/courtenay/dev/entp/tt/vendor/plugins/will_paginate/lib/
> will_paginate/finder.rb:164:in `method_missing'
> /Users/courtenay/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/
> active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:60:in `find'
> /Users/courtenay/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/
> active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:395:in
> `find_target'
> /Users/courtenay/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/
> active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:349:in
> `load_target'
> /Users/courtenay/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/
> active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:139:in `inspect'
> spec/controllers/statuses_controller_spec.rb:249:
> spec/controllers/statuses_controller_spec.rb:282:
>
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