Rails - Jul 2009 - Symbol[int] not working as expected.

In Ruby 1.9 Symbol can receive [] and convert to a string and then
index. I''ve confirmed this works as expected  in the Rails console and
irb.

I have a model with a method_missing method defined. Like this:

def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
      if name[-1] == ''=''
         # Do some stuff and perhaps return
      end

      super
end

This throws: undefined method ''[]'' for :title:Symbol
(NoMethodError)
''title'' is one of the model''s attributes that is
getting sent to the
model in a view.
Does Rails monkey with Symbol somewhere and undefine []?
I''m stumped.

Problem solved...
irb, script/console were running ruby 1.9.1
All my tests and specs running on 1.8.6
....that''s not good.

Found with a spec:
it "should be running Ruby 1.9.1" do
RUBY_VERSION.should == "1.9.1"
end

On 07/07/2009 11:07pm, "stuart.coyle"
<stuart.coyle-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> In Ruby 1.9 Symbol can receive [] and convert to a string and then
> index. I''ve confirmed this works as expected in the Rails console
and
> irb.

> I have a model with a method_missing method defined. Like this:

> def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
> if name[-1] == ''=''
> # Do some stuff and perhaps return
> end

> super
> end

> This throws: undefined method ''[]'' for :title:Symbol
(NoMethodError)
> ''title'' is one of the model''s attributes that is
getting sent to the
> model in a view.
> Does Rails monkey with Symbol somewhere and undefine []?
> I''m stumped.



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