We’ve got a problem with the facets gem - i started using facets because
it has some very handy stuff. However, there seems to be a clash with
rails over the extended method String#chars.
in rails, String#chars returns a utf8-safe Chars object:
“hello world!”.chars
=> #<ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars:0xb657b410 @string=“hello world!”>
in facets, String#chars returns an array of one-character strings, or at
least that’s what the api says:
http://facets.rubyforge.org/doc/index.html
However, when i require ‘facets’ in my environment.rb, and load the
console, i get the same result as the rails version, ie a Chars object.
Or, at least it looks the same, but it isn’t. The difference is
revealed when i try to add a string to the Chars object:
#without facets required
“hello world!”.chars[0…4] + “…”
=> #<ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars:0xb6652c80 @string=“hello …”>
#with facets required
“hello world!”.chars[0…4] + “…”
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)
from
/home/max/work/e_learning_resource/branches/bundles/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb:87:in
+' from /home/max/work/e_learning_resource/branches/bundles/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb:87:insend’
from
/home/max/work/e_learning_resource/branches/bundles/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb:87:in
`method_missing’
from (irb):3
So, i have two questions…
a) Is there a way to keep facets but to make rails override any methods
with the same name, so i automatically use the rails version of chars
but can still use the other handy facets extensions?
b) How come, with facets required, String#chars is returning a Chars
object when the facets api says it returns an array of 1-character
strings?
any advice/help welcome!
thanks, max