Rails core - Nov 2012 - #8357 Specifying association class via :class instead of :class_name

https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/8357

I have a ton of models where class_name is specified in associations and 
have been thinking for a while about doing something about it other than 
just using class_name: TheClassName which saves a few quote chars, but it 
still has to be changed to string and re-constantized if do it with 
class_name, so why not save 5 more chars and just use :class. At least, 
that was the thought.

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Don''t do that.  The class has to load at the point where you reference
your constant; If you did that, when you''re partway through loading one
class, Ruby has to go off and load the other class.  That''s not a good
thing.


On 29/11/2012, at 11:26 , Gary Weaver <garysweaver@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/8357
> 
> I have a ton of models where class_name is specified in associations and
have been thinking for a while about doing something about it other than just
using class_name: TheClassName which saves a few quote chars, but it still has
to be changed to string and re-constantized if do it with class_name, so why not
save 5 more chars and just use :class. At least, that was the thought.
> 
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