I have a helper that renders a partial. The partial may or may not exist. If it does not exist then a different partial is rendered instead. Like this:
def render_my_partial my_partial begin render :partial => "folder1/#{my_partial}" rescue render :partial => "folder2/#{my_partial}" end end
This in itself works fine. One of my layouts uses this helper to display one of two partials:
<%=render_my_partial 'display_area'%>
If one of these partials uses another helper that itself uses the above helper to render one of two other partials:
def info_panel render_my_partial 'info_panel' end
This fails.
However, if I replicate the above code directly in the second helper function then it works.
def info_panel begin render :partial => "folder1/info_panel" rescue render :partial => "folder2/info_panel" end end
I don't understand this. I could leave it with duplicated code but it isn't very DRY and I'd like to understand why this does not work as I expect. Can anyone help explain this to me?
Thanks in advance!
