We've got a problem with the facets gem - i started using facets because it has some very handy stuff. However, there seems to be a clash with rails over the extended method String#chars.
in rails, String#chars returns a utf8-safe Chars object:
"hello world!".chars
=> #<ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars:0xb657b410 @string="hello world!">
in facets, String#chars returns an array of one-character strings, or at least that's what the api says: http://facets.rubyforge.org/doc/index.html
However, when i require 'facets' in my environment.rb, and load the console, i get the same result as the rails version, ie a Chars object. Or, at least it looks the same, but it isn't. The difference is revealed when i try to add a string to the Chars object:
#without facets required
"hello world!".chars[0..4] + "..."
=> #<ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars:0xb6652c80 @string="hello ...">
#with facets required
"hello world!".chars[0..4] + "..."
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1) from /home/max/work/e_learning_resource/branches/bundles/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb:87:in `+' from /home/max/work/e_learning_resource/branches/bundles/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb:87:in `send' from /home/max/work/e_learning_resource/branches/bundles/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb:87:in `method_missing' from (irb):3
So, i have two questions...
a) Is there a way to keep facets but to make rails override any methods with the same name, so i automatically use the rails version of chars but can still use the other handy facets extensions?
b) How come, with facets required, String#chars is returning a Chars object when the facets api says it returns an array of 1-character strings?
any advice/help welcome! thanks, max
