2 ms·
Rails reserved names
It bothers me a lot each time I'm creating a Rails model which holds a reference to a file, because Rails does not allow the word "File". Any alternative solutions, what are the <i>big</i> Rails apps using?
- yxhuvud 13y agoFile is the Ruby representation of the file class. It is a Very Bad Idea to reuse that name as is. Reusing names defined in Ruby stdlib classes is a bad idea. Name the model after what the file is used for, eg LockFile. Another option if you absolutely have to use that name, wrap it in a module, eg module Foo class File < ActiveRecord::Base end end And then always refer to it with the module prefix, ie Foo::File.