[web2py] Loading component with vars

[Luther Goh Lu Feng]

In one of my views, I loaded a component using:

{{=LOAD('comment', 'conversation_dropdown.load', vars={'dashboard':True}, 
ajax=False)}}


In the action:

def conversation_download():
     return{'test':request.vars.dashboard}

In conversation_dropdown.load, {{=test}} evaluates to none. 

Have I gotten the syntax wrong somewhere?