[Dbix-class] Scalar ref update()'s

[Ash Berlin]

On 15 May 2008, at 21:04, Marc Mims wrote:

> * Jose Fonseca <zefonseca at gmail.com> [080515 12:30]:
>> I raised the issue here as a sort of RFC on whether DBIC should
>> reload-on-write from the RDBMS automatically when updated with a  
>> scalar
>> ref(literal SQL command).  It seems reasonable that it should, I  
>> don't think
>> the returned SQL snippet is useful under any circumstance.
>
> I don't think I'd like to see an automatic reload on update.  In my  
> own
> code, the update is the last operation I perform on the object and I
> wouldn't want to see it generate another round trip to the DB.
>
> Perhaps it would be useful to automatically reload on the next  
> access to
> an object with scalarref values.
>
> 	-Marc
>

That strikes me as Too Much Magic. an update_and_refresh method would  
be my preferred solution if people really want this.