> About the original question, I actually think Manfred really wanted to > know > if his assumption about why it was named this way by David was > correct. [1] > Any ideas on that?
I have no idea. But back in the dark ages when I did java programming, that was a common naming pattern. I expect that the bikesheds were traditionally painted another colour back then :). > Cheers, > Eloy > > [1]: "I get the feeling that the Base class was created because David > wanted > to create a namespace named ActiveRecord to prevent conflicts but also > wanted to have something you could inherit from. > ActiveRecord::ActiveRecord is weird, so it ended up being > ActiveRecord::Base. I personally think ActiveRecord::Model or just > ActiveRecord would have been a better name." -- Manfred > > > > -- Cheers Koz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
