Having the same plural and singular word for a noun fails

[Matt Jones]

Create a new project with:

rootintootin name:journal port:3000 db_user:root db_password:letmein
cd journal
./gen create database
./gen create noun singular:note plural:note
./gen create scaffold note title:string content:string
./gen migrate
./run

The "./run" will fail. If you look at the compile error in your browser, it will look something like:

note_controller.d(8): Error: variable note_controller.NoteController._note conflicts with variable note_controller.NoteController._note at note_controller.d(7)

[Matt Jones (workhorsy)]

This is a side effect of D being a statically typed language. It cannot have a variable named "note" that holds all the notes, and another that holds just the one note:

public class NoteController : ControllerBase {
 public Note[] _note;
 public Note _note;
}

[Matt Jones (workhorsy)]

Fixed in trunk:

We now disallow using the same noun for plural and singular:
./gen create noun singular:deer plural:deer

This is not an ideal solution. Feel free to re-open this bug with your solution.