wtf.rb

class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  
  def self.find_by_name(*args)
    super(*args) || raise(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
    # What happens here is that occasionally (always, with rspec), super(*args) causes 
    # the method to return nil immediately, and not evaluate anything else in the method body.
    # We've even tried:
    #   super(*args)
    #   raise StandardError
    # and rspec still just gets nil.
    
    # Halp?
  end

end