I've always thought this behavior to be strange and would not miss it. -Luke
On Aug 8, 11:19 pm, Yehuda Katz <wyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > In Rails 2.x, if you have an XML template, and try to render a template > that does not have an XML version, but does have an HTML version, it > will be rendered. XML and HTML are just examples; this is true for any > two mime types. > > Is this behavior important? First of all, I'm not sure this is the right > behavior, since it's possible to be explicit about the format you wish > to use and rendering a template from a different MIME seems likely to be > a mistake. Second of all, it requires us to widen our search criteria > when looking for subsidiary templates (like partials), and prevents us > from efficiently caching the template for a given format (instead, we > need to cache the template for a given Array of formats, which is much > less efficient). > > I also think that restricting subsidiary templates would be consistent > with other (non-breaking) fixes we've done to ensure that layouts match > the MIME type of the template they are wrapping (which allowed us to > eliminate the exempt_from_layout hacks). > > Thanks for your attention, > > -- Yehuda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
