Re: acts_as_tree

Marnen Laibow-Koser
Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:50:03 -0000

Doug Jolley wrote:
> (Pro Active Record says that nested sets can be "a little
> complex to grasp and manage".  That scares me at my level of
> understanding.)

Perhaps they can be, but awesome_nested_set encapsulates the complexity.
And they''re not really that complex to begin with.  Have you read about
the nested-set data structure?

Best,
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