remove AS whiny nil extension and deprecate config.whiny_nils

activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb

@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ module ActiveSupport
   class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
     config.active_support = ActiveSupport::OrderedOptions.new
 
-    # Loads support for "whiny nil" (noisy warnings when methods are invoked
-    # on +nil+ values) if Configuration#whiny_nils is true.
-    initializer "active_support.initialize_whiny_nils" do |app|
-      require 'active_support/whiny_nil' if app.config.whiny_nils
-    end
-
     initializer "active_support.deprecation_behavior" do |app|
       if deprecation = app.config.active_support.deprecation
         ActiveSupport::Deprecation.behavior = deprecation

activesupport/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Extensions to +nil+ which allow for more helpful error messages for people who
-# are new to Rails.
-#
-# NilClass#id exists in Ruby 1.8 (though it is deprecated). Since +id+ is a fundamental
-# method of Active Record models NilClass#id is redefined as well to raise a RuntimeError
-# and warn the user. She probably wanted a model database identifier and the 4
-# returned by the original method could result in obscure bugs.
-#
-# The flag <tt>config.whiny_nils</tt> determines whether this feature is enabled.
-# By default it is on in development and test modes, and it is off in production
-# mode.
-class NilClass
-  def self.add_whiner(klass)
-    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "NilClass.add_whiner is deprecated and this functionality is " \
-      "removed from Rails versions as it affects Ruby 1.9 performance.", caller
-  end
-
-  # Raises a RuntimeError when you attempt to call +id+ on +nil+.
-  def id
-    raise RuntimeError, "Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be #{object_id} -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id", caller
-  end
-end

activesupport/test/whiny_nil_test.rb

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-require 'abstract_unit'
-require 'active_support/whiny_nil'
-
-class WhinyNilTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  def test_id
-    nil.id
-  rescue RuntimeError => nme
-    assert_no_match(/nil:NilClass/, nme.message)
-    assert_match(Regexp.new(nil.object_id.to_s), nme.message)
-  end
-end

railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Rails
                     :force_ssl, :helpers_paths, :logger, :log_tags, :preload_frameworks,
                     :railties_order, :relative_url_root, :reload_plugins, :secret_token,
                     :serve_static_assets, :ssl_options, :static_cache_control, :session_options,
-                    :time_zone, :reload_classes_only_on_change, :whiny_nils
+                    :time_zone, :reload_classes_only_on_change
 
       attr_writer :log_level
       attr_reader :encoding
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ module Rails
           @session_options = args.shift || {}
         end
       end
+
+      def whiny_nils=(*)
+        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "config.whiny_nils option " \
+          "is deprecated and no longer works", caller
+      end
     end
   end
 end

railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/development.rb.tt

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
   # since you don't have to restart the web server when you make code changes.
   config.cache_classes = false
 
-  # Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil.
-  config.whiny_nils = true
-
   # Show full error reports and disable caching
   config.consider_all_requests_local       = true
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = false

railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/test.rb.tt

@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
   config.serve_static_assets = true
   config.static_cache_control = "public, max-age=3600"
 
-  # Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil
-  config.whiny_nils = true
-
   # Show full error reports and disable caching
   config.consider_all_requests_local       = true
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = false