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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 06a388cd21..b35f59d6df 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
#
# # No 'Winter' tag exists
# winter = Tag.find_or_initialize_by_name("Winter")
- # winter.new_record? # true
+ # winter.persisted? # false
#
# To find by a subset of the attributes to be used for instantiating a new object, pass a hash instead of
# a list of parameters.
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ MSG
def initialize(attributes = nil)
@attributes = attributes_from_column_definition
@attributes_cache = {}
- @new_record = true
+ @persisted = false
@readonly = false
@destroyed = false
@marked_for_destruction = false
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ MSG
clear_aggregation_cache
clear_association_cache
@attributes_cache = {}
- @new_record = true
+ @persisted = false
ensure_proper_type
populate_with_current_scope_attributes
@@ -1422,7 +1422,8 @@ MSG
def init_with(coder)
@attributes = coder['attributes']
@attributes_cache, @previously_changed, @changed_attributes = {}, {}, {}
- @new_record = @readonly = @destroyed = @marked_for_destruction = false
+ @readonly = @destroyed = @marked_for_destruction = false
+ @persisted = true
_run_find_callbacks
_run_initialize_callbacks
end
@@ -1463,7 +1464,7 @@ MSG
# Person.find(5).cache_key # => "people/5-20071224150000" (updated_at available)
def cache_key
case
- when new_record?
+ when !persisted?
"#{self.class.model_name.cache_key}/new"
when timestamp = self[:updated_at]
"#{self.class.model_name.cache_key}/#{id}-#{timestamp.to_s(:number)}"
@@ -1581,11 +1582,20 @@ MSG
self.class.columns_hash[name.to_s]
end
- # Returns true if the +comparison_object+ is the same object, or is of the same type and has the same id.
+ # Returns true if +comparison_object+ is the same exact object, or +comparison_object+
+ # is of the same type and +self+ has an ID and it is equal to +comparison_object.id+.
+ #
+ # Note that new records are different from any other record by definition, unless the
+ # other record is the receiver itself. Besides, if you fetch existing records with
+ # +select+ and leave the ID out, you're on your own, this predicate will return false.
+ #
+ # Note also that destroying a record preserves its ID in the model instance, so deleted
+ # models are still comparable.
def ==(comparison_object)
comparison_object.equal?(self) ||
- (comparison_object.instance_of?(self.class) &&
- comparison_object.id == id && !comparison_object.new_record?)
+ comparison_object.instance_of?(self.class) &&
+ id.present? &&
+ comparison_object.id == id
end
# Delegates to ==
@@ -1630,7 +1640,7 @@ MSG
# Returns the contents of the record as a nicely formatted string.
def inspect
attributes_as_nice_string = self.class.column_names.collect { |name|
- if has_attribute?(name) || new_record?
+ if has_attribute?(name) || !persisted?
"#{name}: #{attribute_for_inspect(name)}"
end
}.compact.join(", ")