when passing an array as first argument to form_for, polymorphic_url checks if first index is an instance of ActionDispatch::Routing::RoutesProxy:
def polymorphic_url(record_or_hash_or_array, options = {}) if record_or_hash_or_array.kind_of?(Array) record_or_hash_or_array = record_or_hash_or_array.compact if record_or_hash_or_array.first.is_a? (ActionDispatch::Routing::RoutesProxy) proxy = record_or_hash_or_array.shift end record_or_hash_or_array = record_or_hash_or_array[0] if record_or_hash_or_array.size == 1 end ...
It later than calls a named route on routesproxy object if it is not nil:
(proxy || self).send(named_route, *args)
What exactly is RoutesProxy?
The documentation does a terrible job at explaining it:
http://rubydoc.info/docs/rails/ActionDispatch/Routing/RoutesProxy
And at moment I'd prefer some feedback before digging into the source.