[Rails] Re: How to inject a value in params when testing a helper method

Frederick Cheung wrote:
> On Aug 4, 4:09�pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> No you don't. �Your helpers don't have access to params, since they live
>> in the view layer. �You'll need to pass params[:question_status] in as
>> an @instance variable.
>
> They do - ActionView::Base delegates the params method (among others)
> to the controller

OK, then I'm sorry for the error. I still can't see why it's ever a
good idea to touch the params array in the view...

...though I suppose you could make the argument that the controller
shouldn't have to know it needs to set @question_status.

>
> Fred

Best,
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