rails source fields_for has an options hash not defined anywhere

Hey all,

I looked at source code for fields_for:

def fields_for(record_name, record_object = nil, fields_options = {}, &block)   fields_options, record_object = record_object, nil if record_object.is_a?(Hash) && record_object.extractable_options?   fields_options[:builder] ||= options[:builder]   fields_options[:parent_builder] = self   fields_options[:namespace] = fields_options[:parent_builder].options[:namespace]

  case record_name   when String, Symbol     if nested_attributes_association?(record_name)       return fields_for_with_nested_attributes(record_name, record_object, fields_options, block)     end   else     record_object = record_name.is_a?(Array) ? record_name.last : record_name     record_name = ActiveModel::Naming.param_key(record_object)   end

  index = if options.has_key?(:index)     "[#{options[:index]}]"   elsif defined?(@auto_index)     self.object_name = @object_name.to_s.sub(%r\[\]$/,"")     "[#{@auto_index}]"   end   record_name = "#{object_name}#{index}[#{record_name}]"

  @template.fields_for(record_name, record_object, fields_options, &block) end

Notice this part:

options[:builder]

this options hash is no where to be defined. In argument list, there's only a fields_options hash. Reason why this matters to me is because I am trying to override this method in my application_helper.rb in order to extend it.

I want to know this too. Did you find out?

I want to know this too. Did you find out?

That fields_for method is an instance method of FormBuilder, which has an attr_accessor :options

Fred