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Diffstat (limited to 'railties/guides/source')
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile index 9b1d264d2c..dc1200812e 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ def log_info(sql, name, ms) end </ruby> ++try+ can also be called without arguments but a block, which will only be executed if the object is not nil: + +<ruby> +@person.try { |p| "#{p.first_name} #{p.last_name}" } +</ruby> + NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb+. h4. +singleton_class+ @@ -395,39 +401,6 @@ C.new(0, 1).instance_values # => {"x" => 0, "y" => 1} NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/object/instance_variables.rb+. -h5. +copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = [])+ - -Copies the instance variables of +object+ into +self+. - -Instance variable names in the +exclude+ array are ignored. If +object+ -responds to +protected_instance_variables+ the ones returned are -also ignored. For example, Rails controllers implement that method. - -In both arrays strings and symbols are understood, and they have to include -the at sign. - -<ruby> -class C - def initialize(x, y, z) - @x, @y, @z = x, y, z - end - - def protected_instance_variables - %w(@z) - end -end - -a = C.new(0, 1, 2) -b = C.new(3, 4, 5) - -a.copy_instance_variables_from(b, [:@y]) -# a is now: @x = 3, @y = 1, @z = 2 -</ruby> - -In the example +object+ and +self+ are of the same type, but they don't need to. - -NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/object/instance_variables.rb+. - h4. Silencing Warnings, Streams, and Exceptions The methods +silence_warnings+ and +enable_warnings+ change the value of +$VERBOSE+ accordingly for the duration of their block, and reset it afterwards: diff --git a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile index 900b3fb5d5..e3ccd6396c 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile @@ -116,14 +116,12 @@ Use fixed-width fonts for: * file names <ruby> -# Copies the instance variables of +object+ into +self+. -# -# Instance variable names in the +exclude+ array are ignored. If +object+ -# responds to <tt>protected_instance_variables</tt> the ones returned are -# also ignored. For example, Rails controllers implement that method. -# ... -def copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = []) - ... +class Array + # Calls <tt>to_param</tt> on all its elements and joins the result with + # slashes. This is used by <tt>url_for</tt> in Action Pack. + def to_param + collect { |e| e.to_param }.join '/' + end end </ruby> diff --git a/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile b/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile index 514be33a40..ded82512d3 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile @@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ The corresponding view +app/views/articles/new.html.erb+ using +form_for+ looks <%= form_for @article, :url => { :action => "create" }, :html => {:class => "nifty_form"} do |f| %> <%= f.text_field :title %> <%= f.text_area :body, :size => "60x12" %> - <%= submit_tag "Create" %> + <%= f.submit "Create" %> <% end %> </erb> There are a few things to note here: -# +:article+ is the name of the model and +@article+ is the actual object being edited. +# +@article+ is the actual object being edited. # There is a single hash of options. Routing options are passed in the +:url+ hash, HTML options are passed in the +:html+ hash. # The +form_for+ method yields a *form builder* object (the +f+ variable). # Methods to create form controls are called *on* the form builder object +f+ @@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ When dealing with RESTful resources, calls to +form_for+ can get significantly e <ruby> ## Creating a new article # long-style: -form_for(:article, @article, :url => articles_path) +form_for(@article, :url => articles_path) # same thing, short-style (record identification gets used): form_for(@article) ## Editing an existing article # long-style: -form_for(:article, @article, :url => article_path(@article), :html => { :method => "put" }) +form_for(@article, :url => article_path(@article), :html => { :method => "put" }) # short-style: form_for(@article) </ruby> |