well, there's no real choice in the model, you only have acting_user. the point I was making is there is rarely a case where the model acting_user is not the same User as the controller current_user, since most time you're checking acting_user it was current_user passed behind the scenes from controller/view to the model.
On Mar 12, 11:54 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, I think most folks will use "acting_user" > > On Mar 12, 1:46 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > probably the bigger confusion is there's very few cases where the > > acting_user isn't going to be the current_user. maybe in some special > > multipart lifecycle actions but I can't think of any other case that I > > might use a different acting_user. > > > On Mar 12, 7:52 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Think this needs another discussion for all new to Hobo: > > > > Here is a post from Tom a while back: > > > > Although it is a common source of confusion, it's actually fairly > > > important to understand the difference between the two concepts, or > > > you're at risk of messing up your nice MVC separation. current_user > > > only makes sense in conjunction with the idea of a "current > > > session", > > > which only exists in the view and controller layers. That's why in > > > 'normal' Rails apps you just can't get at that information from the > > > model. > > > > But it struck me that "this model-level action is happening on > > > behalf > > > some specific user" is such a fundamental aspect of the kind of apps > > > we right, that it was a good idea to support this in the model > > > layer. > > > > As Bryan says, it's not _necessarily_ the current_user from the > > > session. Rather, it's the user who is performing this action - the > > > acting_user. > > > > Sometimes a common source of confusion is a good thing, because > > > what's > > > actually going on is a common misconception, and the confusion is an > > > opportunity to straighten things out. > > > > Tom > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
