Explaining a bit better about the default behaviour of dependent

rails · Jul 29, 2012 · 915b6b3 · 915b6b3
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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -941,7 +941,8 @@ def association_instance_set(name, association)
     #
     # The <tt>:dependent</tt> option can have different values which specify how the deletion
     # is done. For more information, see the documentation for this option on the different
-    # specific association types.
+    # specific association types. When no option is given, the behaviour is to do nothing
+    # with the associated records when destroying a record.
     #
     # === Delete or destroy?
     #