Rename posts_count in topic view to post_counts_by_user which makes much more sense

app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb

@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ class TopicViewSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   end
 
   def participants
-    object.posts_count.collect {|tuple| {user: object.participants[tuple.first], post_count: tuple[1]}}
+    object.post_counts_by_user.collect {|tuple| {user: object.participants[tuple.first], post_count: tuple[1]}}
   end
 
   def include_participants?
-    object.initial_load? && object.posts_count.present?
+    object.initial_load? && object.post_counts_by_user.present?
   end
 
   def suggested_topics

lib/topic_view.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ require_dependency 'summarize'
 
 class TopicView
 
-  attr_accessor :topic, :draft, :draft_key, :draft_sequence, :posts
+  attr_accessor :topic,
+                :draft,
+                :draft_key,
+                :draft_sequence,
+                :posts
 
   def initialize(topic_id, user=nil, options={})
     @topic = find_topic(topic_id)
@@ -169,14 +173,14 @@ class TopicView
     end
   end
 
-  def posts_count
+  def post_counts_by_user
-    @posts_count ||= Post.where(topic_id: @topic.id).group(:user_id).order('count_all desc').limit(24).count
+    @post_counts_by_user ||= Post.where(topic_id: @topic.id).group(:user_id).order('count_all desc').limit(24).count
   end
 
   def participants
     @participants ||= begin
       participants = {}
-      User.where(id: posts_count.map {|k,v| k}).each {|u| participants[u.id] = u}
+      User.where(id: post_counts_by_user.map {|k,v| k}).each {|u| participants[u.id] = u}
       participants
     end
   end

spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb

@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ describe TopicView do
       end
     end
 
-    context '.posts_count' do
+    context '.post_counts_by_user' do
       it 'returns the two posters with their counts' do
-        topic_view.posts_count.to_a.should =~ [[first_poster.id, 2], [coding_horror.id, 1]]
+        topic_view.post_counts_by_user.to_a.should =~ [[first_poster.id, 2], [coding_horror.id, 1]]
       end
     end