[Dbix-class] belongs_to naming

[Mike Rylander]

On 1/23/06, Jess Robinson <castaway at desert-island.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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" ?

Or even -- *gasp*, SQL teminology! -- "references".   ;-)

>
> Jess
>
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