Usually, when options for select tag was set and not dependent on data from database, I placed key-value pairs in yml locale file. I wasn't sure this is the right place for that. For example in ruby 1.8.7 key- value pairs taken from locale are displayed in random order. I have even more doubts now, when I want to implement select tag with optgroups. Of course it's still possible to have all that data in YAML file, but the structure is more complicated, and YAML files are not for defining data structures.
Alternatively, I can put array of keys in corresponding model, and in view map this keys to key-value pairs from locale file. In this situation I can preserve order from array in model, and even write more complex arrays for optgroups, but it looks a bit redundant. When I want to add a new option for select, I need to modify model, and locale.
So what is the best convention for definition of select tag options, if they are not retrieved from database?
