You can always use
link_to @person { "Click me" }
if you find that infinitely more readable than
link_to "Click me", @person
without the need to introduce a backwards incompatible change that would
break every Rails app ever written.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Michael Grohn <grohn.mich...@gmail.com>wrote:
> @Matt jones
>
> > 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'
>
> There are 4 signatures for the link_to helper method:
>
> link_to(body, url, html_options = {})
> link_to(body, url_options = {}, html_options = {})
> link_to(options = {}, html_options = {})
> link_to(url, html_options = {})
>
> Your example would fit the second signature, which has no url argument,
> but a url_options hash instead. This is fine, options always go at the end
> of a method call.
>
> The first signature is the one that bothers me.
>
>
>
> @Zamith
>
> > link_to url: @person, body: "Click me"
>
> I thought of that one too, but it's almost just as ugly as
>
> link_to "Click me", @person
>
>
>
> Another reason why it bothers me, is that the body can also be given as a
> block, in which case, tho body goes at the very end of the method call and
> the url at the beginning. So in case of a block-given body, the order is
> just reversed:
>
> link_to @person do "Click me" end
>
> Not very consistent, he?
>
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