I like the concept, not the name.  Can I suggest something like:

render :partial => "post", :collection => @posts, :if_nil => "no_post"

??

On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:20 PM, rouffj wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Until now with Rails when we would handle empty collections in apps,
> we had to code it like that :
>
> <%# app/views/posts/index.erb %>
> <% if @posts.empty? %>
> <p>Sorry, there is no posts yet !</p>
> <% else %>
> <% render :partial => "post", :collection => @posts %>
>
> <% end %
>
> Now with my modest contribution we can handle it in one line in view :
>
> <%# app/views/posts/index.erb %>
> <%= render :partial => "post", :collection =>
> @posts, :default_template => "no_post" %>
>
> <%# app/views/posts/_no_post.erb %>
>
> <p>Sorry, there is no posts yet !</p
>
> So we can implement Getting real notion called "The blank slate" more
> easily.
>
> One of you can review my patch (to see if i forget something) or
> comment it ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ---
> lighthouse ticket : 
> https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/3187
> patch : 
> https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/3187/a/266544/empty_collections_rendering.diff
>
> >


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