ActiveRecord::Base.scopes hash is not needed

activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb

@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
   module NamedScope
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
-    included do
-      class_attribute :scopes
-      self.scopes = {}
-    end
-
     module ClassMethods
       # Returns an anonymous \scope.
       #
@@ -135,27 +130,20 @@ def scope(name, scope_options = {})
 
         scope_proc = lambda do |*args|
           options = scope_options.respond_to?(:call) ? scope_options.call(*args) : scope_options
+          options = scoped.apply_finder_options(options) if options.is_a?(Hash)
 
-          relation = if options.is_a?(Hash)
-            scoped.apply_finder_options(options)
-          elsif options
-            scoped.merge(options)
-          else
-            scoped
-          end
+          relation = scoped.merge(options)
 
           extension ? relation.extending(extension) : relation
         end
 
-        self.scopes = self.scopes.merge name => scope_proc
-
-        singleton_class.send(:redefine_method, name, &scopes[name])
+        singleton_class.send(:redefine_method, name, &scope_proc)
       end
 
     protected
 
       def valid_scope_name?(name)
-        if !scopes[name] && respond_to?(name, true)
+        if respond_to?(name, true)
           logger.warn "Creating scope :#{name}. " \
                       "Overwriting existing method #{self.name}.#{name}."
         end

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb

@@ -416,8 +416,6 @@ def with_default_scope #:nodoc:
     def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
       if Array.method_defined?(method)
         to_a.send(method, *args, &block)
-      elsif @klass.scopes[method]
-        merge(@klass.send(method, *args, &block))
       elsif @klass.respond_to?(method)
         scoping { @klass.send(method, *args, &block) }
       elsif arel.respond_to?(method)

activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb

@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ def test_respond_to_respects_include_private_parameter
     assert Topic.approved.respond_to?(:tables_in_string, true)
   end
 
-  def test_subclasses_inherit_scopes
-    assert Topic.scopes.include?(:base)
-
-    assert Reply.scopes.include?(:base)
-    assert_equal Reply.find(:all), Reply.base
-  end
-
-  def test_classes_dont_inherit_subclasses_scopes
-    assert !ActiveRecord::Base.scopes.include?(:base)
-  end
-
   def test_scopes_with_options_limit_finds_to_those_matching_the_criteria_specified
     assert !Topic.find(:all, :conditions => {:approved => true}).empty?