[Solar-talk] Changes afoot: a new Model class

[Paul M Jones]

On Feb 8, 2007, at 7:19 AM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> On 2/8/07, Antti Holvikari wrote:
>>> I  must say i am not a fan of this singular/plural thingie. If I  
>>> had to
>>> do that with french it would be a lot of work which has no added  
>>> value
>>> to me.
>>>
>>> Keeping everything singular is simpler and removes a layer of magic.
>>
>> I must say I agree with Arnaud. As of now I vote for singular to keep
>> things simple. Then there is no question, what so ever, how to access
>> the related records. We like consistency, right? :-) There might even
>> be a case where I really don't know the plural of a certain word
>> (english isn't my primary language). Also, what if new irregular  
>> words
>> are added to the dictionary?
>
> Yeah, I think we all would prefer if we could avoid this...

Revolt!  Mutiny!  Dissent!  Well, never let it be said that the  
Benevolent Tyrant does not listen. :-)

I am now working to remove the singular/plural inflection magic.   
This will introduce a little more setup trouble, but you're all  
correct: it's less magic and more explicit, especially when it comes  
to non-English-only folks.  Point well taken, and thanks for bringing  
it up.

Arnaud, Antti -- I can't promise that everything will be singular by  
default, but I can promise that the default will be to use the Model  
class name as entered wherever possible.  Then there's no inflection  
anywhere.

Will that satisfy?


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