Typo p.328? posted by Devin Walters @ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:26:37 -0000

Devin Walters — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:26:37 -0000

Ah-ha! I didn’t mean to nitpick, but I found myself reading it over and over to try and figure out if it was intentional. In part, my OCD is to blame. You might consider this common programming affectation of note. I certainly do. But, no matter—Thanks for a great book.

Cheers,
D

Typo p.328? posted by Dave Thomas @ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:03 -0000

Dave Thomas — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:03 -0000

Think of it in the sense of “divining rod”

Typo p.328? posted by Sam Ruby @ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:36:33 -0000

Sam Ruby — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:36:33 -0000

I’m a recent addition to the authors of this book, and that particular text predated my joining the effort; but I must say that part of the appeal of this book to me is its playful language. Reading the definition of divine (in particular v.tr. 2) and divination (again, 2nd definition), I’m inclined to leave it as is.

If the text talked about ActiveRecord being able to divine something, I would agree as that come off as being a bit arrogant, but as it stands it implies that not even a god could consistently guess right.

Typo p.328? posted by Devin Walters @ Thu, 15 May 2008 06:35:32 -0000

Devin Walters — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:35:32 -0000

Looking at this migration, we can see why it’s hard for Active Record to divine the relationships between tables automatically.

ActiveRecord is good, but can it “divine” things?

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