optional local variables in rails partial templates: how do I get out of the (defined? foo) mess?

Question

I\'ve been a bad kid and used the following syntax in my partial templates to set default values for local variables if a value wasn\'t explicitly defined in the :locals has

Answer 1

How about

<% foo ||= default_value %>

This says "use foo if it is not nil or true. Otherwise assign default_value to foo"