search for: old_local_assigns

I''m not sure what happened, or what change has caused this to happen, but render :partial (or any render for that matter, doesn''t seem to let me set local variables via the local_assigns argument hash. for example <%= render :partial ''edit'', :username => @user.username %> used to allow that username was a local variable in my _edit.rhtml partial

Maybe I''m misunderstanding something but it appears as if <%= render :partial => @items, @locals => { :this => ''that'' } %> does not give the local variable this but this one does: <%= render :partial => ''items/item'', :collection => @items, @locals => { :this => ''that'' } %> Shouldn''t they mean