Comparing #325 (Version 3) and #330 (Version 4)

Hiccdown methods should live in their own, separate modules. How about they are called ‘displays’?

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module ProductsDisplay
  def self.index vc, # …
    vc.some_helper_method
  end
end

A benefit of this approach is that, when people start a new Rails app, they may end up putting whatever they’d otherwise put in a helper in a display, since displays have the benefit of having unambiguously resolvable method names.

Hiccdown methods should live in their own, separate classes. How about they are called ‘displays’?

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class ProductsDisplay
  def index vc, # …
    vc.some_helper_method
  end
end

Behind the scenes, the Hiccdown gem would need to make the instance variables available to the display class:

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display = @display_module.new

view_context.instance_variables.each do |iv|
  display.instance_variable_set(
    iv,
    view_context.instance_variable_get(iv)
  )
end

Then:

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class ProductsDisplay
  def index vc, # …
    vc.some_helper_method(@products)
  end
end