Rails - Mar 2006 - Unexpected attribute modification

Hi all,

I''m trying to do multiple render_to_string() calls in a method call,
and I''m getting attributes being modified in unexpected ways.

  @left_sidebar = render_to_string( :partial ..... )
  puts @left_sidebar.id    (-> 123456)
  @right_sidebar = render_to_string( :partial .....)
  puts @left_sidebar.id    (-> 234567  WTF!?!?!)
  puts @right_sidebar.id   (-> 345678)

How is @left_sidebar being modified by @right_sidebar= ?

If I do this:

  left = render_to_string(...)
  right = render_to_string(...)
  @left_sidebar = left
  @right_sidebar = right

I seem to be okay.

What am I missing and/or not understanding?

Thanks,
  Brad
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Bradley Mazurek