Yes, similarly if you do render @customer you get a variable called 'customer' when you render that template.
-- Cheers, Koz On Monday, 24 September 2012 at 10:07 AM, Prem Sichanugrist wrote: > Right, I think I understand the problem incorrectly the first time. > > If we do `render 'flash'`, then there should be no local variable name > `flash` that is nil. Does Rails currently create a nil variable name `flash`? > > - Prem > > On Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Aaron Patterson wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:01:59PM -0700, John Firebaugh wrote: > > > > > > > > > From this stack overflow > > > question<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3111844/flash-messages-in-partials-rails-3/12482879> > > > . > > > > > > Suppose I have a partial _flash.html.erb for rendering the flash in a > > > consistent way. The natural thing to do would be to assume I can call > > > ActionView::Base#flash from within this partial to retrieve the flash, > > > and > > > render the partial withrender partial: "flash". But in fact, this doesn't > > > work. Even though I haven't passed object: flash orlocals: {flash: flash} > > > in > > > the call to render partial, PartialRenderer oh-so-helpfully defines a > > > flashlocal > > > variable, whose value is nil, shadowing ActionView::Base#flash. My > > > alternatives are to rename the partial or pass a value for the flash > > > local > > > explicitly using one of those more verbose call to render. > > > > > > I suggest that if no object option or local with the same name as the > > > partial was passed to the render call, thatPartialRenderer *not* define a > > > local variable of the same name as the partial. This would change the > > > behavior for anyone who is relying on the current behavior to get a nil > > > value > > > for the local when they don't pass an explicit value, but that seems like > > > an unlikely case and easily fixed by passing nil explicitly, and it would > > > be much more useful to do things like call ActionView::Base#flash from > > > within a _flash.html.erb partial. > > > > > > I'm happy to create a pull request if others agree. > > > > Do you know where the code is that does this? I'd like to understand > > why we do it before agreeing / disagreeing. > > > > -- > > Aaron Patterson > > http://tenderlovemaking.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > 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] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. -- 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.
