ActionView#url_for shouldn't escape URLs by default

rubyonrails-core
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https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/2076-rails-should-use-amp-instead-of-in-the-urls#ticket-2076-3

ActionView#url_for generates escaped URLs by default, whereas ActionController#url_for doesn't. They should be consistent, and I believe that ActionController's behavior is correct here. The escaping is most noticeable in a call with multiple query parameters:

view.url_for(:controller => :foos, :action => :do_stuff, :this => 123, :that => 456)

generates

http://example.com/foos/do_stuff?that=456&this=123

Note the escaped ampersand in between this and that. Named route helpers use url_for and are thus also affected.

--Phil

2

And in case it wasn't obvious, that link is to a patch for this.