add a specific factory method rather than using new

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb
index 8d6740246c..7ed65a548c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
     module ClassMethods # :nodoc:
       @@subclasses = ThreadSafe::Cache.new(:initial_capacity => 2)
 
-      def new(klass, *args)
-        relation = relation_class_for(klass).allocate
-        relation.__send__(:initialize, klass, *args)
-        relation
+      def create(klass, *args)
+        relation_class_for(klass).new(klass, *args)
       end
 
       # This doesn't have to be thread-safe. relation_class_for guarantees that this will only be
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb
index da13152e01..c08158d38b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # build a relation to merge in rather than directly merging
       # the values.
       def other
-        other = Relation.new(relation.klass, relation.table)
+        other = Relation.create(relation.klass, relation.table)
         hash.each { |k, v|
           if k == :joins
             if Hash === v
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/spawn_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/spawn_methods.rb
index c63ae9c9fb..2552cbd234 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/spawn_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/spawn_methods.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     private
 
       def relation_with(values) # :nodoc:
-        result = Relation.new(klass, table, values)
+        result = Relation.create(klass, table, values)
         result.extend(*extending_values) if extending_values.any?
         result
       end