Have to use block and standard

[michaelmoulsdale]

I have a large number of controllers and so started to use the following format in ability.rb

can :manage, [User, Currency, Vacation, Account, etc.]

However, I got some inconsistent behaviours and found that I had to use both the block and single method.

i,e,

can :manage, [User, Currency, Vacation, Account, etc.] can :manage, :users can :manage, :currencies can :manage, vacations etc.

So not pretty. Has this been seen elsewhere?

[jaredbeck]

It is probably a mistake to define the same ability twice, eg. for the constant User and the symbol :user. Don't repeat yourself.

Also, you describe this

can :manage, [User, Currency, Vacation, Account, etc.]

as a "block", but the correct term is "array". Please see Containers, Blocks, and Iterators.

For cancan usage, please read Defining Abilities, if you haven't yet.

Please remember that github issues are for bugs or suggested features. Questions about usage are more appropriate on stackoverflow.com/tags/cancan.

[michaelmoulsdale]

I agree defining twice is a bad idea, and that is my point. I have to define twice to make it work ... I mainly only want to use arrays due to the large number of abilities being defined. However, I need a couple of singles due to some outliers. What I have found is that if I do not define each ability both in an array and in a single item, some functionality does not behave as expected. This I believe is a bug, which is why I have raised it here.

I'm going to update my code to only have arrays, but with some only including a single item to see if that is the cause

[jaredbeck]

This I believe is a bug ..

OK, this is the right place for bugs. :) The next step is to write a failing test. Cancan uses rspec 2.6 for testing.

[xhoy]

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