Fixes ActiveRecord's named_scope API. Place this into config/initializers/def_scope.rb

def_scope.rb

# Having to use a lambda when defining a scope is ugly and stupid
# I've never had a use case for a scope extension
# This allows us to just use a block
module DefScope
  def def_scope(name, &blk)
    scope name, blk
  end
end

ActiveRecord::Base.extend DefScope

# Usage example:
#
#   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
#     def_scope :active_as_of do |date|
#       { :conditions => ["active_at > ?", date] }
#     end
#   end