Ok.  Got it now.  Ticket # 79.

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:04 PM, blueHandTalking <[email protected]> wrote:

> Owen,
>
> what you quoted below is nothing I had a problem with,
> actually.  Unfortunately, I thank I was rambling.
>
> Your comment relates to:
>
>   >>One last word on: p. 166, Tutorial 17 "Agility"
>
>
> On Jan 10, 7:10 am, Owen Dall <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Jet,
> >
> > These are user-provided index names to override the defaults.  I tested
> the
>            ...(deleted)
> >
> > >   belongs_to :user, :index => 'assignment_user_join_index'
>
>
> The issue I was concerned about was the clarity in the following,
> which you did not comment on (unless I missed it?):
>    (please excuse long quote from previous email)
>
> p. 166, Tutorial 17 "Agility"
>
> In the following I had some problem with the context,
> and that being said I like the naming of:
>
>   task_assignment.
>
> What I had trouble with is the explanation that goes along
> with it:
>
> "Note that we are using the convention of naming an association table
> with the
> combination of model names separated by an underscore:
>
> task + assignment becomes: task_assignment"
>
> I reread the surrounding context a number of times.  To me the
> statement:
>
>     "naming an association table with the combination of model names
> separated by an underscore:"
>
> implies that both 'task' and 'assignment' are models.
> I would think, in this particular instance:
>
> "naming an association table with the combination of a model name
> with a descriptive   intermediate name separated by an underscore:"
>
> ...is possibly a better description.
>
> In this  example if it was actually a combination of the 2 models,
> it would be:
>
>    task_user
>
> This is because there is no:
>
>   assignment model
>
> so:
>
>   task + assignment becomes: task_assignment
>
> is not true, in regard to it being a combination of model names
> separated by an underscore.
>
> It is:
>
>   task + user becomes: task_user
>
> ...which is "aaargh!"
>
> I think
>
>     task_assignment
>
> is much better, but perhaps the accompanying text should be changed?
>
>
>
>    Jet
>
>
>
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Thanks,

Owen

Owen Dall
Barquin International
410-991-0811
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