[Dbix-class] belongs_to naming

Jess Robinson castaway at desert-island.demon.co.uk
Mon Jan 23 10:17:08 CET 2006


Hi folks,

On my way to work this morning, for some reason, I was pondering why 
"belongs_to" is so named. It seems a bit contrary to the rest, which are 
all from the POV of the current class/item. "This item has_many Foos" 
makes more sense to me than "This item belongs_to Bar", what its really 
saying is "This field belongs_to bar"..

I may be a bit late, but can I propose "refers_to" or "contains_a" ?

Jess




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