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| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb index ae1c326d95..04ee892eba 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb @@ -204,8 +204,10 @@ module ActiveRecord # like render <tt>partial: @client.becomes(Company)</tt> to render that # instance using the companies/company partial instead of clients/client. # - # Note: The new instance will share a link to the same attributes as the original class. - # So any change to the attributes in either instance will affect the other. + # Note: The new instance will share a link to the same attributes as the original class + # therefore sti column value will be same with the original object. + # If you want sti column to be changed, use +becomes!+ instead. + # Any change to the attributes in either instance will affect the other. def becomes(klass) became = klass.new became.instance_variable_set("@attributes", @attributes) |