has_many :through extended with writer and clear methods

rubyonrails-core
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I hope this hasn't been asked yet. I couldn't find it if it was.

I've extended the has_many through association to include a clear method as well as adding a mass assignment for the collection.

I wanted to know if what I am doing is sane and/or if it is redundant because it is already being worked into rails edge.

The full description and code is at http://www.nkryptic.com/2006/11/12/make-has_many-through-more-like-has_many

If there is a better way to handle this, or if there is some reason that what I'm doing will cause other problems, please let me know. Otherwise, feel free to use it.

Jacob

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I've extended the has_many through association to include a clear method as well as adding a mass assignment for the collection.

I dunno that I see the need for this. If the instances of the :through association don't matter, just use has_and_belongs_to_many. If they do matter, then you should be constructing them yourself in code.