Rails - Aug 2009 - Overriding save_with_validation and alias_method_chain error

So i''m trying to override save_with_validation in activerecord
validations.rb and i''m running in to problems with alias_chain method.

module ActiveRecord
  module Validations
    def save_with_validation(perform_validation = true)
      if perform_validation && valid? || !perform_validation
        save_without_validation
      else
        false
      end
    end
  end

  Base.class_eval do
    include Validations
  end
end

Error. (loop)

http://pastie.org/pastes/574901

Whats happening is that my save_with_validation is called when i call
.save then because of the alias chain method its called the
save_with_validation in validation.rb as save_without_validation.

So I found dirty.rb is also alias_method_chain ing save so I tried this

Base.class_eval do
    include Validations
    include Dirty
end

think this would re-alias those methods and it did something where my
error is now different:

SystemStackError: stack level too deep
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb:43:in
`number?''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/dirty.rb:154:in
`field_changed?''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/dirty.rb:132:in
`write_attribute_without_dirty''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/dirty.rb:139:in
`write_attribute''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:211:in
`bln=''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:2740:in
`send''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:2740:in
`attributes=''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:2736:in
`each''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:2736:in
`attributes=''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:2434:in
`initialize''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:721:in
`new''
  from
/Users/Kevin/Desktop/light/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:721:in
`create''
  from (irb):1

what i want to do is grab the data passed in from save like this
object.save(:test) I want to grab that :test my code works when I put it
right in the rails files but not in plugin as i have to override stuff.

can anyone help?
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