Re: parent:: forwarding

Hi Stas, Note that called_scope is passed only to static methods of __parent__ class. I cannot imagine the use-case with intersecting LSBs in the same class hierarchy. Could you please write the example. Thanks. Dmitry. Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > Hi! > >> Each call to static method of parent class (it doesn't mater if it was >> done using parent:: or something else) assumes forwarding of called >> context. > > That would make it impossible to do non-forwarding call. Which means you > can't use something like ActiveRecord pattern (which uses LSB) inside > the context of another method that uses LSB too. I.e. if you got the > called_scope set once, you are stuck with it forever until the topmost > call ends, and you can not make another (new) LSB call inside that method. > I don't think it is a good idea. It would lead to massive WTFs when you > have code that perfectly working in unit tests (when you call it > independently without called_scope pre-set) but breaks as soon as you > call it with called_scope set (since all static calls like Foo::bar() > would instantly start forwarding pre-set called_scope instead of > creating a new one). > If this is the way it would work, I'd recommend never using this feature > - you just can't know what your "Foo::" would produce anymore, since the > start of the call chain can be anywhere and there's no method to ensure > you get the actual class that you used in the call. Which as far as I > remember was the whole point behind LSB, but somehow it is lost now.