Alexy, although I am not Adrian, I still felt compelled to comment. :)
On 12/13/05, braver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > class Project(meta.Model): > project_manager = meta.ForeignKey(ProjectManager) > milestones = meta.OneToOneField(Milestone) > categories = meta.ManyToManyField(Category) > > p = projects.get_object(id__exact=1) > pp = projects.get_list > > ...over: > > class Person < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :project_manager > has_many :milestones > has_and_belongs_to_many :categories > end > > p = Project.find(1) > pp = Project.find(:all) I find the class extension of Ruby less clear than Python's, however I can understand how people might prefer Ruby's use of English keywords/functions to build the model. However, what I wonder about though is how often you need to jog your memory or turn to reference documentation to realise what 'belongs_to' exactly means. To my first reading it is not immediately clear that it has a foreign key relationship. Of course one may wonder if that kind of knowledge is needed at all. I personally do not care much for the use of so many underbars/underscores in the Ruby code. I do agree that p = Project.find(1) is more intuitive than p = projects.get_object(id__exact=1), since one can wonder why on earth the terminology of an object has to be repeated, although the name find wouldn't be my first choice, I'd settle for get(). On the other hand, get_list() (or perhaps get_all?) is more intuitive over Projecy.find(:all), especially if combined with the previous comment of get(). The repeating of meta might be an eyesore to some people's view, but it at least provides for solid namespacing, although you could of course wonder how descriptive meta is. Just some of my thoughts. :) I am sure that a lot of this is highly dependent on the person in question. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai Free Tibet! http://www.savetibet.org/ | Je maintiendrai! http://www.in-nomine.org/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty...
