#reference auto-generation seems to be corrupted [incomplete issue, in progress]

[Assargadon]

That's how MARelationDescription >> reference is implemented:

MARelationDescription >> reference [
	"The reference within a ==*MARelationDescription*== is calculated automatically from all the classes of the receiver, if set to ==nil==. By setting the reference to a ==*MAContainer*== instance it is possible to customize the reference description."

	^ super reference ifNil: [ self commonClass magritteTemplate magritteDescription ]
]

The trouble is that super reference is never nil, because it has its own ifNil generator:

MAReferenceDescription >> reference [
	reference ifNil: [ reference := self class defaultReference ].
	^ reference
		display: self displayBlockOrSymbol;
		yourself
]

Therefore, commonClass-based generator is actually never called.

This ticket is in progress. Things to describe: unintuitive defaultReferences and mistake (well, I assume it's a mistake) in managing the commonClass if there are no classes. A latter, I believe, forced the author to add extra unneeded magritteTemplate into...MAContainer, I believe, but need to re-check.

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