Another swing at reloading

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@479 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/lib/action_controller/dependencies.rb

@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ def inherited(child)
           inherited_without_model(child)
           return if child.controller_name == "application" # otherwise the ApplicationController in Rails will include itself
           begin
-            child.model(Inflector.singularize(child.controller_name))
-          rescue LoadError
+            Object.const_get(child.controller_name.singularize.classify)
+            child.model(child.controller_name.singularize)
+          rescue NameError, LoadError
             # No neither singular or plural model available for this controller
           end
         end        

railties/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed that models that weren't referenced in associations weren't being reloaded in the development mode by reinstating the reload
+
 * Fixed that generate scaffold would produce bad functional tests
 
 * Fixed that FCGI can also display SyntaxErrors

railties/lib/dispatcher.rb

@@ -34,29 +34,24 @@ def dispatch(cgi = CGI.new, session_options = ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFA
 
         controller_name, module_name = controller_name(request.parameters), module_name(request.parameters)
 
-        require_dependency("application")
-        require_dependency(controller_path(controller_name, module_name))
+        require_or_load("application")
+        require_or_load(controller_path(controller_name, module_name))
+
+        if Dependencies.mechanism == :load
+          ActiveRecord::Base.reset_column_information_and_inheritable_attributes_for_all_subclasses
+          Dependencies.reload
+        end
 
         controller_class(controller_name).process(request, response).out
       rescue Object => exception
         ActionController::Base.process_with_exception(request, response, exception).out
       ensure
-        reset_application(controller_name) if Dependencies.mechanism == :load
+        remove_class_hierarchy(controller_class(controller_name), ActionController::Base) if Dependencies.mechanism == :load
         Breakpoint.deactivate_drb if defined?(BREAKPOINT_SERVER_PORT)
       end
     end
 
     private
-      def reset_application(controller_name)
-        begin
-          remove_class_hierarchy(controller_class(controller_name), ActionController::Base)
-          ActiveRecord::Base.reset_column_information_and_inheritable_attributes_for_all_subclasses
-          Dependencies.reload
-        rescue Object => exception
-          # Compilation errors are caught on the first run through
-        end
-      end
-
       def controller_path(controller_name, module_name = nil)
         if module_name
           "#{module_name}/#{Inflector.underscore(controller_name)}_controller"