The bang methods are private and should not be used in applications (see the :nodoc: in the method definition)
Rafael Mendonça França http://twitter.com/rafaelfranca https://github.com/rafaelfranca On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Gary Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand that bang methods in the classic Ruby sense are supposed to > alter the current instance, but getting errors like: > > NoMethodError: undefined method `where!' for #<Class:0x007ff1522d3110> > > and > > NoMethodError: undefined method `includes!' for #<Class:0x007ff1522d3110> > > when calling the bang methods from QueryMethods on a model class are > really not helpful. > > It's understandable that you don't want to pass a model class into a > method that expects a relation that it can act upon and change with a bang > query method and have it successfully create a new relation and call some > method on it that is never again seen, hence the error. I also understand > wanting to avoid any more checking/raising code than necessary in > ActiveRecord both for maintainability, clarity, and maybe efficiency- but > just look at this: > > 2.0.0p247 :001 > MyModel.to_s > => "MyModel" > 2.0.0p247 :002 > MyModel.new.to_s > => "#< MyModel:0x007fc92aa017e8>" > 2.0.0p247 :003 > MyModel.where({}) > => ... > 2.0.0p247 :003 > MyModel.where!({}) > NoMethodError: undefined method `where!' for #<Class:0x007fc92a95a240> > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
