Is it just there as a default, to return itself, if a to_model doesn't override it on the model itself
On Sep 2, 6:05 pm, John Merlino <stoici...@aol.com> wrote: > There's a number of calls in the Rails source to convert_to_model, > which takes an activerecord object instance: > > convert_to_model(object) > > Here's the thing. All convert_to_model does is calls to_model, which > returns self (the ActiveModel instance). > > Am I missing something here? Why call a method that returns the same > thing? > > @user > > => #<User id: 3, name: "dscdsf", email: "f...@fgorko.com", > encrypted_password: "", phone: "9544443456", address: "fvfdvf", > reset_password_token: nil, reset_password_sent_at: nil, > remember_created_at: nil, sign_in_count: 1, current_sign_in_at: > "2011-09-27 17:01:45", last_sign_in_at: "2011-09-27 17:01:45", > current_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1", last_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1", > created_at: "2011-09-12 16:55:30", updated_at: "2011-09-27 17:01:45", > account_id: 1, role_id: 1, authentication_token: nil> > > @user.to_model > > => #<User id: 3, name: "dscdsf", email: "f...@fgorko.com", > encrypted_password: "", phone: "9544443456", address: "fvfdvf", > reset_password_token: nil, reset_password_sent_at: nil, > remember_created_at: nil, sign_in_count: 1, current_sign_in_at: > "2011-09-27 17:01:45", last_sign_in_at: "2011-09-27 17:01:45", > current_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1", last_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1", > created_at: "2011-09-12 16:55:30", updated_at: "2011-09-27 17:01:45", > account_id: 1, role_id: 1, authentication_token: nil> > > it returns the same exact thing... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
