Rails - Jun 2005 - Don't use an attribute/column that matches a Kernel method (including 'y')

I''ve found a problem, and it might be bug in Ruby itself, but
I''m not sure.

Say I''ve got a model object (Point) whose table contains column
"y".  Model
Circle has_one Point center.  When I load a Center from the database, I"m 
unable to get the actual value for y.  Here is a summary of what I see
when I debug into Circle.center.y:

Stepping into y(), I find myself in association_proxy@method_missing.  Makes 
sense.  It calls load_target, and successfully loads a good-looking Point 
into @target.  The code then call @target.send(symbol, *args, &block).  When
I step into this, I find myself in yaml.rb, Kernel#y.  I expected to find 
myself in active_record/base.rb, method_missing.

Now, once you understand that yaml has added a method called ''y"
to Kernel,
and you understand that Kernel is a bit of special case, it''s easy to
imagine
how send might "mis-route" this message, rather than calling
method_missing.

I''m not sure what the best long-term solution is, but my short-term
solution
is to add this method to Point

  
  def y
    read_attribute(''y'')
  end

David