render :text => ... encoding error?

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render :text => "stuff <#{@app || 'no app'}>"

displays in browser as "stuff" (no quotes)

this occurs independent of whether @app has a value, and either way, the "<" and ">" should be rendered.

i haven't an idea what is causing this; could it be an encoding issue, or a bug of some sort?

the only workaround I have found is that

render :text => "stuff < #{@app || 'no app'}>"

i.e. insertion of a space between "<" and "#" will properly render:

stuff < no app>

wierd. any ideas?

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render :text => "stuff <#{@app || 'no app'}>"

displays in browser as "stuff" (no quotes)

this occurs independent of whether @app has a value, and either way, the "<" and ">" should be rendered.

< and > are special characters in html, what you are producing is invalid html (which leaves you at the browser's mercy).

Fred

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render :text => "stuff &lt;#{@app || 'no app'}&gt;"