fixture methods can be overridden and super() is useful

activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb

@@ -874,28 +874,31 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       def setup_fixture_accessors(fixture_names = nil)
         fixture_names = Array.wrap(fixture_names || fixture_table_names)
-        fixture_names.each do |fixture_name|
-          fixture_name = fixture_name.to_s.tr('./', '_')
+        methods = Module.new do
+          fixture_names.each do |fixture_name|
+            fixture_name = fixture_name.to_s.tr('./', '_')
 
-          redefine_method(fixture_name) do |*fixtures|
-            force_reload = fixtures.pop if fixtures.last == true || fixtures.last == :reload
+            define_method(fixture_name) do |*fixtures|
+              force_reload = fixtures.pop if fixtures.last == true || fixtures.last == :reload
 
-            @fixture_cache[fixture_name] ||= {}
+              @fixture_cache[fixture_name] ||= {}
 
-            instances = fixtures.map do |fixture|
-              @fixture_cache[fixture_name].delete(fixture) if force_reload
+              instances = fixtures.map do |fixture|
+                @fixture_cache[fixture_name].delete(fixture) if force_reload
 
-              if @loaded_fixtures[fixture_name][fixture.to_s]
-                @fixture_cache[fixture_name][fixture] ||= @loaded_fixtures[fixture_name][fixture.to_s].find
-              else
-                raise StandardError, "No fixture with name '#{fixture}' found for table '#{fixture_name}'"
+                if @loaded_fixtures[fixture_name][fixture.to_s]
+                  @fixture_cache[fixture_name][fixture] ||= @loaded_fixtures[fixture_name][fixture.to_s].find
+                else
+                  raise StandardError, "No fixture with name '#{fixture}' found for table '#{fixture_name}'"
+                end
               end
-            end
 
-            instances.size == 1 ? instances.first : instances
+              instances.size == 1 ? instances.first : instances
+            end
+            private fixture_name
           end
-          private fixture_name
         end
+        include methods
       end
 
       def uses_transaction(*methods)

activerecord/test/cases/fixtures_test.rb

@@ -378,6 +378,21 @@ class ForeignKeyFixturesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   end
 end
 
+class OverRideFixtureMethodTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+  fixtures :topics
+
+  def topics(name)
+    topic = super
+    topic.title = 'omg'
+    topic
+  end
+
+  def test_fixture_methods_can_be_overridden
+    x = topics :first
+    assert_equal 'omg', x.title
+  end
+end
+
 class CheckSetTableNameFixturesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   set_fixture_class :funny_jokes => 'Joke'
   fixtures :funny_jokes