Walter Davis wrote in post #1182112: >>>> > Part of one of the RailsConf sessions I went to, either last year or the > year before, could have been re-titled "default_scope considered > harmful". I don't think it's deprecated or anything, but it is > definitely something to use sparingly, and with a lot of forethought > about what other scopes you may need later. Better to chain scopes, so > you call ControllerName.your_scope.latest, rather than adding the > "latest" behavior into your default scope. It makes it more declarative. > More (duplicated) characters is not really the issue you want to > prioritize. Being able to reason about your code in the current bit you > are working on is. > > Walter
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