# How would I implement this as a named scope?

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**Created:** [June 23, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-would-i-implement-this-as-a-named-scope/170812 "2009-06-23T04:39:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-would-i-implement-this-as-a-named-scope/170812/1 "2009-06-23T04:39:13Z")

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I’ve made some fairly simple methods that perform a kind of generic ACL  
check. I use it as an initializer that adds one singleton method and  
one method to any subclasses of ActiveRecord.

How would I go about changing this algorithm to a named\_scope that I  
could then use in query chains?