I like the leveraging of the #to_s. The syntax of <%= link_to @company, @company %> isn't as DRY as it could be, so I put in a patch that allows you to do this:
<%= link_to @person %> <%= link_to [EMAIL PROTECTED], @person] %> The link text is the #to_s of the object, or if an Array is passed, the #to_s of the last object in the array. It would be nice if ActiveRecord objects had a readable default #to_s -- even if it were something like "Person 12". Or, if the object responded to :title or :name, one of those could be used. On Jun 28, 6:16 am, Brandon Keepers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 28, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Geoff B wrote: > > > Hi, I just put in a patch that allows you to DRY up this: > > > <%= link_to @company.name, @company %> > > > to this: > > > <%= link_to :name, @company %> > > > The symbol indicates the method to be called on the object passed in > > the link_to options. > > >http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8789 > > Nice, but IMHO, this would be more useful: > > class Company < AR::Base > def to_s > name > end > end > > <%= link_to @company %> > > That's the pattern I've been using, but my link_to's look like this: > > <%= link_to @company, @company %> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
