Jean Boussier

And since `_.escape` and friend already take care of the string coercion https://github.com/documentcloud/underscore/blob/master/underscore.js#L1040 maybe we can let this responsibility to `escape_function`.

> there's no reason for every client to have their own bespoke method name for the same purpose I mean.. It's not like there's a standardisation body or something like...

I couldn't figure how to make it work sorry :/

Good to know. Hopefully with the new rails APIs available in 4.2 I might be able to make it work, but it's too soon to be sure.

This was done on purpose with serialized fields in mind (YAML / JSON in TEXT columns), but I see how it doesn't make sense for HStore / native JSON. It...

Hum, indeed. We miss proper inheritance.

Well, you can repeat the parent class definition and it will work. But no it won't merge automatically. A PR would be welcome though.

The PR never passed CI.

Could you try reproduce the issue with a minimal app?

I agree it should raise, but not sure if it should raise when you try to assign `nil` or when you define an attribute as non-nullable without a default. The...