2009/12/22 Rick DeNatale <rick.denat...@gmail.com> > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:24 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:22 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Peter Fitzgibbons > >> <peter.fitzgibb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello Folks, > >>> > >>> This gist http://gist.github.com/261791 has an example user.rb, > >>> user_spec.rb > >>> At runtime, this snippet fails > >>> > >>> u = User.find(123) > >>> u.update_with_profile({...}) > >>> The error occurred while evaluating nil.select): > >>> app/models/user.rb:6:in `moderator_fields' > >>> app/models/user.rb:118:in `update_with_profile' > >>> > >>> The spec passes all-green. > >>> > >>> Could you tell me how this might be ? > >> > >> The user in the spec comes from new_with_profile(), which sets instance > >> variables on the User class. > >> The user in the console comes from find(), and those ivars are not yet > >> set. > > > > Also - @params in the User class (in the class methods) is not the same > > @params in the User instances (in update_with_profile). > > HTH, > > David > > > Also counting on class variables to retain state in Rails is a recipe > for disaster. > > Please explain why - thanks.
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