Make Relation#reload force load the records immediately

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb

@@ -124,12 +124,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
     end
 
     def reload
-      @loaded = false
       reset
+      to_a # force reload
+      self
     end
 
     def reset
-      @first = @last = @to_sql = @order_clause = @scope_for_create = @arel = nil
+      @first = @last = @to_sql = @order_clause = @scope_for_create = @arel = @loaded = nil
       @records = []
       self
     end

activerecord/test/cases/relations_test.rb

@@ -68,10 +68,12 @@ class RelationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
 
     assert topics.loaded?
 
-    topics.reload
-    assert ! topics.loaded?
+    original_size = topics.to_a.size
+    Topic.create! :title => 'fake'
 
-    assert_queries(1) { topics.to_a }
+    assert_queries(1) { topics.reload }
+    assert_equal original_size + 1, topics.size
+    assert topics.loaded?
   end
 
   def test_finding_with_conditions