Kent S. wrote:
This looks very strange, doesn’t it?
What happens is that when you call
q.category
you get AssociationProxy object which pretends to be another object.
After you call
Thanks, Kent.
OK - I understand what’s happening. I still think that it violates the
principle of least surprise! 
Regarding the second half of my question - is there a better way to
handle
the situation than “dup”?
I notice that AssociationProxy has a “target” method - which does seem
to do
the trick. Is this the best solution - or is there an alternative I
should
be aware of?
Thanks again!
(BTW - is it just me, or are others having problems with the forum
bridge at
the moment?)
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