On Mar 15, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Michael Grohn wrote:
> I think the link_to helper method is quite confusing with its arguments order:
>
> link_to body, url
> link_to "Click me", @person
>
> Why is it thay way round? I want to make a "link to [the] person", so I would
> expect the order to be:
>
> link_to @person, "Click me"
>
> It reads much more natural. You don't "link to [the] body", you "link to
> [the] url". So the order schould be
>
> link_to url, body, options={}
>
> Is there a rationale for the current arguments order?
I'd guess that it's because while the body is typically simple (a string or
variable), the second argument can also be a bunch of params for url_for:
link_to 'thingy', :controller => 'wat', :action => 'huh', :protocol => 'wtf'
--Matt Jones
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