Let Base.all use conditions etc like first/last

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -532,6 +532,12 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         find(:last, *args)
       end
       
+      # This is an alias for find(:all).  You can pass in all the same arguments to this method as you can
+      # to find(:all)
+      def all(*args)
+        find(:all, *args)
+      end
+      
       #
       # Executes a custom sql query against your database and returns all the results.  The results will
       # be returned as an array with columns requested encapsulated as attributes of the model you call

activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
     def self.included(base)
       base.class_eval do
         extend ClassMethods
-        named_scope :all
         named_scope :scoped, lambda { |scope| scope }
       end
     end

activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb

@@ -1630,6 +1630,10 @@ class BasicsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   def test_last
     assert_equal Developer.find(:first, :order => 'id desc'), Developer.last
   end
+
+  def test_all_with_conditions
+    assert_equal Developer.find(:all, :order => 'id desc'), Developer.all(:order => 'id desc')
+  end
   
   def test_find_ordered_last
     last  = Developer.find :last, :order => 'developers.salary ASC'