Revert "Documents that ActiveRecord instances also support []/[]= methods for reading/writing attributes"

This reverts commit a49fe6ec2cb9f22a3b18d7db5ae2ee90325e9d09.

Reason: The existing doc about using self[:attribute] is clear enough.
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Vijay Dev 2012-04-07 16:58:32 +05:30
parent 5916403991
commit 83d4ce6a25

@ -114,29 +114,23 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
# Student.joins(:schools).where(:schools => { :category => 'public' }) # Student.joins(:schools).where(:schools => { :category => 'public' })
# Student.joins(:schools).where('schools.category' => 'public' ) # Student.joins(:schools).where('schools.category' => 'public' )
# #
# == Dynamic assignment
#
# Sometimes it can be useful to assign some attributes dynamically. You can use
# <tt>read_attribute(attr_name, value)</tt>/<tt>write_attribute(attr_name)</tt>
# or through model[attr_name]/model[attr_name]=:
#
# [:deleted, :disabled].each{|p| model[p] = params[p] == 'true' }
#
# == Overwriting default accessors # == Overwriting default accessors
# #
# All column values are automatically available through basic accessors on the Active Record # All column values are automatically available through basic accessors on the Active Record
# object, but sometimes you want to specialize this behavior. This can be done by overwriting # object, but sometimes you want to specialize this behavior. This can be done by overwriting
# the default accessors (using the same name as the attribute): # the default accessors (using the same name as the attribute) and calling
# <tt>read_attribute(attr_name)</tt> and <tt>write_attribute(attr_name, value)</tt> to actually
# change things.
# #
# class Song < ActiveRecord::Base # class Song < ActiveRecord::Base
# # Uses an integer of seconds to hold the length of the song # # Uses an integer of seconds to hold the length of the song
# #
# def length=(minutes) # def length=(minutes)
# write_attribute(:length, minutes.to_i * 60) # or: self[:length] = minutes.to_i * 60 # write_attribute(:length, minutes.to_i * 60)
# end # end
# #
# def length # def length
# read_attribute(:length) / 60 # or: self[:length] / 60 # read_attribute(:length) / 60
# end # end
# end # end
# #