Render :update and local variables

Rails
1

Probably asked and answered, but…

Why are controller instance variables visible in the block passed to
render :update, but controller private methods are not?

This does not work:

class MyController < ApplicationController
def some_action
render :update do |page|
page.replace_html ‘element’, some_data # some_data is not
defined
end
end

private
def some_data
…
end
end

2

On Dec 5, 8:08 pm, kevin cline [email protected] wrote:

Probably asked and answered, but…

Why are controller instance variables visible in the block passed to
render :update, but controller private methods are not?

Because at the end of the day it’s the same as rendering any old
template: instances variables are copied across into a magic object,
which is not the controller (and so controller private methods are not
available)

Fred