Using content_for inline in Rails

Question

I have it in my layout

<body class="<%= yield :body_class %>">

Then, in my opinion, this works correctly:

<% content_for(:body_class) do %>some-class<% end %>

But this is not so:

<% content_for(:body_class) { 'some-class' } %>

Does anyone know why?

Btw, this is Rails 2.3 with Ruby 1.8.7

+4

Brian armstrong May 01 '11 at 2:35

1 answer

Dgm · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-02T12:35:43+0000

This is due to how blocks are written to output buffers. See http://railscasts.com/episodes/40-blocks-in-view for more details.