Rails - Dec 2006 - Custom MIME type syntax

Hello there,

I''m new here, and so may not have be aware of any previous discusion on
this particular topic, but the lack of results when googling has led me
to believe there has been none.

Currently, the custom MIME type sytax is as follows:

  respond_to do |format|
    format.xml do
      # ...
    end

    format.js do
      # ...
    end
  end

What I do not understand is why the following syntax should not be used
instead:

  case format
  when :xml
    # ...
  when :js
    # ...
  end

This would mean defining a #format method that returned the name of the
negotiated content type.

Thoughts?


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