class inheritable attributes is used no more! all internal use of class inheritable has been changed to class_attribute. class inheritable attributes has been deprecated.

Signed-off-by: José Valim <jose.valim@gmail.com>

actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/test_case.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+
 module ActionMailer
   class NonInferrableMailerError < ::StandardError
     def initialize(name)
@@ -15,11 +17,11 @@ module ActionMailer
 
       module ClassMethods
         def tests(mailer)
-          write_inheritable_attribute(:mailer_class, mailer)
+          self._mailer_class = mailer
         end
 
         def mailer_class
-          if mailer = read_inheritable_attribute(:mailer_class)
+          if mailer = self._mailer_class
             mailer
           else
             tests determine_default_mailer(name)
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ module ActionMailer
       end
 
       included do
+        class_attribute :_mailer_class
         setup :initialize_test_deliveries
         setup :set_expected_mail
       end

actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'rack/session/abstract/id'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/to_query'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 
 module ActionController
   module TemplateAssertions
@@ -325,11 +326,11 @@ module ActionController
 
         def controller_class=(new_class)
           prepare_controller_class(new_class) if new_class
-          write_inheritable_attribute(:controller_class, new_class)
+          self._controller_class = new_class
         end
 
         def controller_class
-          if current_controller_class = read_inheritable_attribute(:controller_class)
+          if current_controller_class = self._controller_class
             current_controller_class
           else
             self.controller_class = determine_default_controller_class(name)
@@ -442,6 +443,7 @@ module ActionController
       included do
         include ActionController::TemplateAssertions
         include ActionDispatch::Assertions
+        class_attribute :_controller_class
         setup :setup_controller_request_and_response
       end
 

actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'set'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 
 module HTML
   class Sanitizer
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module HTML
   class WhiteListSanitizer < Sanitizer
     [:protocol_separator, :uri_attributes, :allowed_attributes, :allowed_tags, :allowed_protocols, :bad_tags,
      :allowed_css_properties, :allowed_css_keywords, :shorthand_css_properties].each do |attr|
-      class_inheritable_accessor attr, :instance_writer => false
+      class_attribute attr, :instance_writer => false
     end
 
     # A regular expression of the valid characters used to separate protocols like

actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'cgi'
 require 'action_view/helpers/date_helper'
 require 'action_view/helpers/tag_helper'
 require 'action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety'
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ module ActionView
 
     class FormBuilder #:nodoc:
       # The methods which wrap a form helper call.
-      class_inheritable_accessor :field_helpers
+      class_attribute :field_helpers
       self.field_helpers = (FormHelper.instance_method_names - ['form_for'])
 
       attr_accessor :object_name, :object, :options

activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/conversions'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/module/remove_method'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 
 module ActiveRecord
   class InverseOfAssociationNotFoundError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
@@ -1810,12 +1811,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
           callbacks.each do |callback_name|
             full_callback_name = "#{callback_name}_for_#{association_name}"
             defined_callbacks = options[callback_name.to_sym]
-            if options.has_key?(callback_name.to_sym)
-              class_inheritable_reader full_callback_name.to_sym
-              write_inheritable_attribute(full_callback_name.to_sym, [defined_callbacks].flatten)
-            else
-              write_inheritable_attribute(full_callback_name.to_sym, [])
-            end
+
+            full_callback_value = options.has_key?(callback_name.to_sym) ? [defined_callbacks].flatten : []
+
+            # TODO : why do i need method_defined? I think its because of the inheritance chain
+            class_attribute full_callback_name.to_sym unless method_defined?(full_callback_name)
+            self.send("#{full_callback_name}=", full_callback_value)
           end
         end
 

activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb

@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         def callbacks_for(callback_name)
           full_callback_name = "#{callback_name}_for_#{@reflection.name}"
-          @owner.class.read_inheritable_attribute(full_callback_name.to_sym) || []
+          @owner.class.send(full_callback_name.to_sym) || []
         end
 
         def ensure_owner_is_not_new

activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 
 module ActiveRecord
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def clone_with_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(attr, old)
-        old.class.name == "Time" && time_zone_aware_attributes && !skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes.include?(attr.to_sym)
+        old.class.name == "Time" && time_zone_aware_attributes && !self.skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes.include?(attr.to_sym)
       end
     end
   end

activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/time_zone_conversion.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+
 module ActiveRecord
   module AttributeMethods
     module TimeZoneConversion
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         cattr_accessor :time_zone_aware_attributes, :instance_writer => false
         self.time_zone_aware_attributes = false
 
-        class_inheritable_accessor :skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes, :instance_writer => false
+        class_attribute :skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes, :instance_writer => false
         self.skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes = []
       end
 
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         private
           def create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(name, column)
-            time_zone_aware_attributes && !skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes.include?(name.to_sym) && [:datetime, :timestamp].include?(column.type)
+            time_zone_aware_attributes && !self.skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes.include?(name.to_sym) && [:datetime, :timestamp].include?(column.type)
           end
       end
     end

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require 'active_support/time'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/class/delegating_attributes'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/deep_merge'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access'
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
     self.store_full_sti_class = true
 
     # Stores the default scope for the class
-    class_inheritable_accessor :default_scoping, :instance_writer => false
+    class_attribute :default_scoping, :instance_writer => false
     self.default_scoping = []
 
     # Returns a hash of all the attributes that have been specified for serialization as
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
     class_attribute :serialized_attributes
     self.serialized_attributes = {}
 
+    class_attribute :_attr_readonly, :instance_writer => false
+    self._attr_readonly = []
+
     class << self # Class methods
       delegate :find, :first, :last, :all, :destroy, :destroy_all, :exists?, :delete, :delete_all, :update, :update_all, :to => :scoped
       delegate :find_each, :find_in_batches, :to => :scoped
@@ -504,12 +507,12 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       # Attributes listed as readonly will be used to create a new record but update operations will
       # ignore these fields.
       def attr_readonly(*attributes)
-        write_inheritable_attribute(:attr_readonly, Set.new(attributes.map { |a| a.to_s }) + (readonly_attributes || []))
+        self._attr_readonly = Set.new(attributes.map { |a| a.to_s }) + (self._attr_readonly || [])
       end
 
       # Returns an array of all the attributes that have been specified as readonly.
       def readonly_attributes
-        read_inheritable_attribute(:attr_readonly) || []
+        self._attr_readonly
       end
 
       # If you have an attribute that needs to be saved to the database as an object, and retrieved as the same object,
@@ -724,8 +727,8 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         @arel_engine = @relation = @arel_table = nil
       end
 
-      def reset_column_information_and_inheritable_attributes_for_all_subclasses#:nodoc:
-        descendants.each { |klass| klass.reset_inheritable_attributes; klass.reset_column_information }
+      def reset_column_information_for_all_subclasses#:nodoc:
+        descendants.each { |klass| klass.reset_column_information }
       end
 
       def attribute_method?(attribute)
@@ -1126,7 +1129,8 @@ MSG
         #   Article.create.published # => true
         def default_scope(options = {})
           reset_scoped_methods
-          self.default_scoping << construct_finder_arel(options, default_scoping.pop)
+          default_scoping = self.default_scoping.dup
+          self.default_scoping = default_scoping << construct_finder_arel(options, default_scoping.pop)
         end
 
         def current_scoped_methods #:nodoc:
@@ -1579,7 +1583,7 @@ MSG
         self.class.columns_hash[name.to_s]
       end
 
-      # Returns true if +comparison_object+ is the same exact object, or +comparison_object+ 
+      # 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

activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb

@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/array'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/except'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/singleton_class'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 
 module ActiveRecord
   # = Active Record Named \Scopes
   module NamedScope
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
+    included do
+      class_attribute :scopes
+      self.scopes = {}
+    end
+
     module ClassMethods
       # Returns an anonymous \scope.
       #
@@ -33,10 +39,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
-      def scopes
-        read_inheritable_attribute(:scopes) || write_inheritable_attribute(:scopes, {})
-      end
-
       # Adds a class method for retrieving and querying objects. A \scope represents a narrowing of a database query,
       # such as <tt>where(:color => :red).select('shirts.*').includes(:washing_instructions)</tt>.
       #

activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/except'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/try'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 
 module ActiveRecord
   module NestedAttributes #:nodoc:
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
     included do
-      class_inheritable_accessor :nested_attributes_options, :instance_writer => false
+      class_attribute :nested_attributes_options, :instance_writer => false
       self.nested_attributes_options = {}
     end
 
@@ -268,7 +269,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
           if reflection = reflect_on_association(association_name)
             reflection.options[:autosave] = true
             add_autosave_association_callbacks(reflection)
+
+            nested_attributes_options = self.nested_attributes_options.dup
             nested_attributes_options[association_name.to_sym] = options
+            self.nested_attributes_options = nested_attributes_options
+
             type = (reflection.collection? ? :collection : :one_to_one)
 
             # def pirate_attributes=(attributes)
@@ -315,7 +320,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # update_only is true, and a <tt>:_destroy</tt> key set to a truthy value,
     # then the existing record will be marked for destruction.
     def assign_nested_attributes_for_one_to_one_association(association_name, attributes)
-      options = nested_attributes_options[association_name]
+      options = self.nested_attributes_options[association_name]
       attributes = attributes.with_indifferent_access
       check_existing_record = (options[:update_only] || !attributes['id'].blank?)
 
@@ -364,7 +369,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     #     { :id => '2', :_destroy => true }
     #   ])
     def assign_nested_attributes_for_collection_association(association_name, attributes_collection)
-      options = nested_attributes_options[association_name]
+      options = self.nested_attributes_options[association_name]
 
       unless attributes_collection.is_a?(Hash) || attributes_collection.is_a?(Array)
         raise ArgumentError, "Hash or Array expected, got #{attributes_collection.class.name} (#{attributes_collection.inspect})"
@@ -433,7 +438,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     end
 
     def call_reject_if(association_name, attributes)
-      case callback = nested_attributes_options[association_name][:reject_if]
+      case callback = self.nested_attributes_options[association_name][:reject_if]
       when Symbol
         method(callback).arity == 0 ? send(callback) : send(callback, attributes)
       when Proc

activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+
 module ActiveRecord
   # = Active Record Reflection
   module Reflection # :nodoc:
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
+    included do
+      class_attribute :reflections
+      self.reflections = {}
+    end
+
     # Reflection enables to interrogate Active Record classes and objects
     # about their associations and aggregations. This information can,
     # for example, be used in a form builder that takes an Active Record object
@@ -20,18 +27,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
           when :composed_of
             reflection = AggregateReflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record)
         end
-        write_inheritable_hash :reflections, name => reflection
-        reflection
-      end
 
-      # Returns a hash containing all AssociationReflection objects for the current class.
-      # Example:
-      #
-      #   Invoice.reflections
-      #   Account.reflections
-      #
-      def reflections
-        read_inheritable_attribute(:reflections) || write_inheritable_attribute(:reflections, {})
+        self.reflections = self.reflections.merge(name => reflection)
+        reflection
       end
 
       # Returns an array of AggregateReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class.

activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+
 module ActiveRecord
   # = Active Record Timestamp
   #
@@ -29,14 +31,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
     included do
-      class_inheritable_accessor :record_timestamps, :instance_writer => false
+      class_attribute :record_timestamps, :instance_writer => false
       self.record_timestamps = true
     end
 
   private
 
     def create #:nodoc:
-      if record_timestamps
+      if self.record_timestamps
         current_time = current_time_from_proper_timezone
 
         all_timestamp_attributes.each do |column|
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     end
 
     def should_record_timestamps?
-      record_timestamps && (!partial_updates? || changed? || (attributes.keys & self.class.serialized_attributes.keys).present?)
+      self.record_timestamps && (!partial_updates? || changed? || (attributes.keys & self.class.serialized_attributes.keys).present?)
     end
 
     def timestamp_attributes_for_update_in_model

activerecord/test/cases/associations_test.rb

@@ -270,17 +270,17 @@ class OverridingAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
 
   def test_habtm_association_redefinition_callbacks_should_differ_and_not_inherited
     # redeclared association on AR descendant should not inherit callbacks from superclass
-    callbacks = PeopleList.read_inheritable_attribute(:before_add_for_has_and_belongs_to_many)
+    callbacks = PeopleList.before_add_for_has_and_belongs_to_many
     assert_equal([:enlist], callbacks)
-    callbacks = DifferentPeopleList.read_inheritable_attribute(:before_add_for_has_and_belongs_to_many)
+    callbacks = DifferentPeopleList.before_add_for_has_and_belongs_to_many
     assert_equal([], callbacks)
   end
 
   def test_has_many_association_redefinition_callbacks_should_differ_and_not_inherited
     # redeclared association on AR descendant should not inherit callbacks from superclass
-    callbacks = PeopleList.read_inheritable_attribute(:before_add_for_has_many)
+    callbacks = PeopleList.before_add_for_has_many
     assert_equal([:enlist], callbacks)
-    callbacks = DifferentPeopleList.read_inheritable_attribute(:before_add_for_has_many)
+    callbacks = DifferentPeopleList.before_add_for_has_many
     assert_equal([], callbacks)
   end
 

activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'active_support'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/module/attr_accessor_with_default'
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ module ActiveResource
     # The logger for diagnosing and tracing Active Resource calls.
     cattr_accessor :logger
 
+    class_attribute :_format
+
     class << self
       # Creates a schema for this resource - setting the attributes that are
       # known prior to fetching an instance from the remote system.
@@ -492,13 +494,13 @@ module ActiveResource
         format = mime_type_reference_or_format.is_a?(Symbol) ?
           ActiveResource::Formats[mime_type_reference_or_format] : mime_type_reference_or_format
 
-        write_inheritable_attribute(:format, format)
+        self._format = format
         connection.format = format if site
       end
 
       # Returns the current format, default is ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat.
       def format
-        read_inheritable_attribute(:format) || ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat
+        self._format || ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat
       end
 
       # Sets the number of seconds after which requests to the REST API should time out.

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes.rb

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/duplicable'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options'
+require 'active_support/deprecation'
 
 # Retained for backward compatibility.  Methods are now included in Class.
 module ClassInheritableAttributes # :nodoc:
+  DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE = "class_inheritable_attribute is deprecated, please use class_attribute method instead. Notice their behavior are slightly different, so refer to class_attribute documentation first"
 end
 
 # It is recommended to use <tt>class_attribute</tt> over methods defined in this file. Please
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ end
 #   Person.new.hair_colors             # => NoMethodError
 class Class # :nodoc:
   def class_inheritable_reader(*syms)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn ClassInheritableAttributes::DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE
     options = syms.extract_options!
     syms.each do |sym|
       next if sym.is_a?(Hash)
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ class Class # :nodoc:
   end
 
   def class_inheritable_writer(*syms)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn ClassInheritableAttributes::DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE
     options = syms.extract_options!
     syms.each do |sym|
       class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ class Class # :nodoc:
   end
 
   def class_inheritable_array_writer(*syms)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn ClassInheritableAttributes::DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE
     options = syms.extract_options!
     syms.each do |sym|
       class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ class Class # :nodoc:
   end
 
   def class_inheritable_hash_writer(*syms)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn ClassInheritableAttributes::DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE
     options = syms.extract_options!
     syms.each do |sym|
       class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ class Class # :nodoc:
   end
 
   def write_inheritable_attribute(key, value)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn ClassInheritableAttributes::DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE
     if inheritable_attributes.equal?(EMPTY_INHERITABLE_ATTRIBUTES)
       @inheritable_attributes = {}
     end
@@ -141,10 +148,12 @@ class Class # :nodoc:
   end
 
   def read_inheritable_attribute(key)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn ClassInheritableAttributes::DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE
     inheritable_attributes[key]
   end
 
   def reset_inheritable_attributes
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn ClassInheritableAttributes::DEPRECATION_WARNING_MESSAGE
     @inheritable_attributes = EMPTY_INHERITABLE_ATTRIBUTES
   end
 

activesupport/test/core_ext/class/class_inheritable_attributes_test.rb

@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes'
 
 class ClassInheritableAttributesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silenced = true
     @klass = Class.new
   end
 
+  def teardown
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silenced = false
+  end
+
   def test_reader_declaration
     assert_nothing_raised do
       @klass.class_inheritable_reader :a