set_belongs_to_association_for

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I have a question on "ActiveRecord::Associations::AssociationProxy.set_belongs_to_association_for" it is a protected method.

        def set_belongs_to_association_for(record)           if @reflection.options[:as]             record["#{@reflection.options[:as]}_id"] = @owner.id unless @owner.new_record?             record["#{@reflection.options[:as]}_type"] = @owner.class.base_class.name.to_s           else             record[@reflection.primary_key_name] = @owner.id unless @owner.new_record?           end         end

I was wondering why class.base_name was used for the record type and not class.name?

Mehmet