On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > I was trying to ask the general question, that if one has a scope and > a class method that perform exactly the same operation (such as the > example in this thread), so > > scope :today_reservations, lambda { where("reserved_from > ? and > reserved_to <= ?", Date.today, Date.today ) } > > and > > self.today_reservations > where("reserved_from > ? and reserved_to <= ?", Date.today, Date.today ) } > end > > Is there actually any difference between the two, or is the former > just a way of defining the latter in a railsy sort of way?
>From what I remember briefly while playing (since I have always preferred the latter) scope is like attr_writer and attr_reader in that it's all the same in the end one just gives you more control over the flow, the other does it all for you but in the end, the result is exactly the same. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
