On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Adam Meehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  I just wanted some feedback on a AR hack I have been playing with
>  which implements the block syntax for create and update method.
>
>  For example, instead of:
>
>  @person = Person.new(params[:person])
>  @person.has_rails_patch = false
>  @person.set_status :uncool
>  @person.save
>
>  You could do:
>
>  @person = Person.create(params[:person]) do |p|
>   p.has_rails_patch = false
>   p.set_status(:uncool)
>  end
>
>  And the update version
>
>  @person = Person.update(params[:id], params[:person]) do |p|
>   p.set_status(:cool)
>  end
>
>  It makes it more Rubyish with the blocks, don't you think? The bang!
>  versions could added easily enough, for create anyway.
>
>  Let me know what you think before I put a patch in.

I like it. Note that new takes a block, so you can already

  @person = Person.new(params[:person]) do |p|
    p.has_rails_patch = false
    p.set_status :halfway
  end.save!

if you like.

Best,
jeremy

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