That's because Rails 3 implies helper :all. https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/5348-visibility-of-helpers-seems-all-wrong
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Christopher G. <li...@ruby-forum.com>wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade an application to Rails 3 and I found a difference > in the way helpers are loaded. I want to override a method based on > the current controller but it now seems that all helpers are loaded. > > I've broken it down to a simple example. I have a test app with 2 > controllers - books and authors. In the BooksHelper module, I have: > > module BooksHelper > def some_helper > "From books helper" > end > end > > In AuthorsHelper module, I have: > > module AuthorsHelper > def some_helper > "From authors helper" > end > end > > In my index.html.erb for Books I include <%= some_helper %> > and in index.html.erb for Authors I include the same <%= some_helper %>. > > When I do the books index it shows as "From books helper" but when I do > a authors index I get the same "From books helper" - I had hoped for > "From authors helper". I tried the same app in rails 2 and I get the > helper method from the current controller used - so I get what I > expected. > > In my real app - I have a call in the layouts - application.html.erb > where I call the helper and hope to get the current controller's helper > so I can show information (like bread crumbs) for the current > controller. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- Erol M. Fornoles http://erolfornoles.posterous.com http://github.com/Erol http://twitter.com/erolfornoles http://ph.linkedin.com/in/erolfornoles -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.