Previously it returned an Array.
If you want an array, call e.g. `Post.to_a` rather than `Post.all`. This
is more explicit.
In most cases this should not break existing code, since
Relations use method_missing to delegate unknown methods to #to_a
anyway.
The #relation method gets called in four places and the return value was instantly cloned in three of them. The only place that did not clone was ActiveRecord::Scoping::Default::ClassMethods#unscoped. This introduced a bug described in #5667 and should really clone the relation, too. This means all four places would clone the relation, so it doesn't make a lot of sense caching it in the first place.
The four places with calls to relations are:
activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/default.rb:110:in `block in build_default_scope'"
activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/default.rb:42:in `unscoped'"
activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/named.rb:38:in `scoped'"
activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/named.rb:52:in `scope_attributes'"
Don't use this:
scope :red, where(color: 'red')
default_scope where(color: 'red')
Use this:
scope :red, -> { where(color: 'red') }
default_scope { where(color: 'red') }
The former has numerous issues. It is a common newbie gotcha to do
the following:
scope :recent, where(published_at: Time.now - 2.weeks)
Or a more subtle variant:
scope :recent, -> { where(published_at: Time.now - 2.weeks) }
scope :recent_red, recent.where(color: 'red')
Eager scopes are also very complex to implement within Active
Record, and there are still bugs. For example, the following does
not do what you expect:
scope :remove_conditions, except(:where)
where(...).remove_conditions # => still has conditions
scope is syntactic sugar for defining a class method. Ruby allows
redefining methods but emits a warning when run with -w. So let's
not implement our own logic for this. Users should run with -w if they
want to be warned about redefined methods.
The problem: We need to be able to specify configuration in a way that
can be inherited to models that include ActiveRecord::Model. So it is
no longer sufficient to put 'top level' config on ActiveRecord::Base,
but we do want configuration specified on ActiveRecord::Base and
descendants to continue to work.
So we need something like class_attribute that can be defined on a
module but that is inherited when ActiveRecord::Model is included.
The solution: added ActiveModel::Configuration module which provides a
config_attribute macro. It's a bit specific hence I am not putting this
in Active Support or making it a 'public API' at present.
