Are there any implications or gotchas to passing in a class instead of a string when defining an association?
belongs_to :owner, class_name: User
As opposed to:
belongs_to :owner, class_name: "User"
ActiveRecord: Pass class instead of string to class_name when defining associations
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The class may not be loaded yet in which case you'll get a NameError: uninitialized constant User.
You're supposed to use "User" for this reason, as implied by the option name: :class_name, not :class.
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