2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handler.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handler.rb
index 3071c78174..7311e5e12f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handler.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handler.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module ActionView
     self.default_format = Mime::HTML
 
     def self.call(template)
-      "#{name}.new(self).render(template, local_assigns)"
+      raise "Need to implement #{self.class.name}#call(template)"
     end
 
     def initialize(view = nil)
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/template.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/template.rb
index 33d3f79ad3..f6270e5616 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/template.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/template.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,17 @@ module ActionView
       @details[:formats] = Array.wrap(format.to_sym)
     end
     
-    def render(view, locals, &blk)
+    def render(view, locals, &block)
       method_name = compile(locals, view)
-      view.send(method_name, locals, &blk)
+      block ||= proc {|*names| view._layout_for(names) }
+      view.send(method_name, locals, &block)
+    rescue Exception => e
+      if e.is_a?(TemplateError)
+        e.sub_template_of(self)
+        raise e
+      else
+        raise TemplateError.new(self, view.assigns, e)
+      end
     end
     
     # TODO: Figure out how to abstract this