Rails - Nov 2005 - Logic of singularization?

I''m new to Rails (coming from years of PHP) and am
pretty excited about it. However, what''s the logic of
singularization (inflection?)? e.g. items becomes Item
with controllers, models, etc. I have to say I don''t
think I like it as it seems to confuse and get in the
way (I have URL''s like items/category/page and
item/id). But perhaps I''ll change my mind if I know
the reasons behind it. I''ve read quite a few of the
docs and haven''t seen anything that explains the why.

Thanks,
CSN


		
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On 11/5/05, CSN
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wrote:
> I''m new to Rails (coming from years of PHP) and am
> pretty excited about it. However, what''s the logic of
> singularization (inflection?)? e.g. items becomes Item
> with controllers, models, etc. I have to say I don''t
> think I like it as it seems to confuse and get in the
> way (I have URL''s like items/category/page and
> item/id). But perhaps I''ll change my mind if I know
> the reasons behind it. I''ve read quite a few of the
> docs and haven''t seen anything that explains the why.
>
> Thanks,
> CSN
10 Reasons Rails Does Pluralization
http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/archives/2005/08/25/10-reasons-rails-does-pluralization

Really, it comes down to one thing: it was the way it was written.  It
looks natural to write code like this:

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :comments
  belongs_to :author
end

@posts = Post.find :all
@post = Post.find 1
@post.comments << @comment

Most words are handled well, but you you have three options should the
problem arise:

  1) Add new inflection rules
(example in your environment.rb
http://dev.rubyonrails.com/browser/trunk/railties/environments/environment.rb#L42)

  2) Override that model''s table name
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  set_table_name ''post''
end

  3) turn off pluralization altogether:
# in environment.rb
config.active_record.pluralize_table_names = false

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