Merge pull request #24866 from rafaelfranca/actionview-helpers

Implement helpers proxy in controller instance level

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index 56a8d2e5f4..d546d7260c 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -251,9 +251,10 @@ module ActionController
     setup_renderer!
 
     # Define some internal variables that should not be propagated to the view.
-    PROTECTED_IVARS = AbstractController::Rendering::DEFAULT_PROTECTED_INSTANCE_VARIABLES + [
-      :@_params, :@_response, :@_request,
-      :@_view_runtime, :@_stream, :@_url_options, :@_action_has_layout ]
+    PROTECTED_IVARS = AbstractController::Rendering::DEFAULT_PROTECTED_INSTANCE_VARIABLES + %i(
+      @_params @_response @_request @_config @_url_options @_action_has_layout @_view_context_class
+      @_view_renderer @_lookup_context @_routes @_view_runtime @_db_runtime @_helper_proxy
+    )
 
     def _protected_ivars # :nodoc:
       PROTECTED_IVARS
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb
index d3853e2e83..22493dea50 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module ActionController
   #
   # In addition to using the standard template helpers provided, creating custom helpers to
   # extract complicated logic or reusable functionality is strongly encouraged. By default, each controller
-  # will include all helpers. These helpers are only accessible on the controller through <tt>.helpers</tt>
+  # will include all helpers. These helpers are only accessible on the controller through <tt>#helpers</tt>
   #
   # In previous versions of \Rails the controller will include a helper which
   # matches the name of the controller, e.g., <tt>MyController</tt> will automatically
@@ -113,5 +113,10 @@ module ActionController
         all_helpers_from_path(helpers_path)
       end
     end
+
+    # Provides a proxy to access helpers methods from outside the view.
+    def helpers
+      @_helper_proxy ||= view_context
+    end
   end
 end