i just ran ''yes|gem install rails --remote''
and
>> Company.find :all
SystemStackError: stack level too deep
         from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.1/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:215:in
`instantiate_without_callbacks''
         from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.1/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:215:in
`instantiate''
         from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:431:in
`find_by_sql''
         from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:431:in
`find_by_sql''
         from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:395:in
`find''
         from (irb):3
the sources shows this
     module ClassMethods #:nodoc:
       def instantiate_with_callbacks(record)
         object = instantiate_without_callbacks(record)
         if object.respond_to_without_attributes?(:after_find)
           object.send(:callback, :after_find)
         end
         if object.respond_to_without_attributes?(:after_initialize)
           object.send(:callback, :after_initialize)
         end
         object
       end
     end
but we also have
...
       base.extend(ClassMethods)
       base.class_eval do
         class << self
           include Observable
           alias_method :instantiate_without_callbacks, :instantiate
           alias_method :instantiate, :instantiate_with_callbacks
         end
...
so instantiate_without_callbacks calls :instantiate which calls
:instantiate_with_callbacks which calls instantiate_without_callbacks
this can''t be good.  what''s the fix?
-a
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