Rails - Aug 2005 - Best way to access constants in application_helper.rb from views?

Hi,

I''m using the application_helper.rb file to create some useful
functions
for generating links by name.

I understand that functions defined in this file are available to all 
views, but what about constants defined in that module?  Is there a
best practice approach for doing this other than accessing each constant
via ApplicationHelper::FOO?

Stu

Stuart Hungerford wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I''m using the application_helper.rb file to create some useful
functions
> for generating links by name.
>
> I understand that functions defined in this file are available to all 
> views, but what about constants defined in that module?  Is there a
> best practice approach for doing this other than accessing each constant
> via ApplicationHelper::FOO?
>
You might consider wrapping the constant with a method.  That way (for 
example) if instead of a constant you now caclulate the value, you only 
have to change the method in one place rather than change each reference 
to the constant.