Allow the :class_name option for associations to take a symbol.

This is to avoid confusing newbies, and to be consistent with the fact
that other options like :foreign_key already allow a symbol or a string.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/reflection_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/reflection_test.rb
index 4d21822cf5..3868ecb3cb 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/reflection_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/reflection_test.rb
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class ReflectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
 
   def test_reflection_of_all_associations
     # FIXME these assertions bust a lot
-    assert_equal 36, Firm.reflect_on_all_associations.size
+    assert_equal 37, Firm.reflect_on_all_associations.size
     assert_equal 26, Firm.reflect_on_all_associations(:has_many).size
     assert_equal 10, Firm.reflect_on_all_associations(:has_one).size
     assert_equal 0, Firm.reflect_on_all_associations(:belongs_to).size
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ class ReflectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal orig_conds, Post.reflect_on_association(:first_blue_tags_2).conditions.inspect
   end
 
+  def test_symbol_for_class_name
+    assert_equal Client, Firm.reflect_on_association(:unsorted_clients_with_symbol).klass
+  end
+
   private
     def assert_reflection(klass, association, options)
       assert reflection = klass.reflect_on_association(association)