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# File action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb, line 144
def extract_record(record_or_hash_or_array)
  case record_or_hash_or_array
    when Array; record_or_hash_or_array.last
    when Hash;  record_or_hash_or_array[:id]
    else        record_or_hash_or_array
  end
end