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

In my case, I use:

<% variable ||= "" %>

in my partial.
I don't have idea if that is good but for my is OK