[Catalyst] Model go boom in 5.66

[Matt S Trout]

Brandon Black wrote:
> On 3/14/06, Christopher H. Laco <claco at chrislaco.com> wrote:
>> For the JMIW camp:
>>
>>         $c->view('') / $c->view(undef)
>>
>>         return the first view if there is only 1 view
>>         return the TT view if there are 2+ views, and one is TT
>>
> 
> There are alternatives to TT that people might use as their "main"
> html-generating view though.  Things like HTML::Template or Seamstress
> for example.
> 
> I like the idea of returning the only view if only one is defined, and
> it probably doesn't really hurt to do it for model as well just for
> consistency's sake (the same could be said for controller as well, but
> I doubt it would ever be very useful).
> 
> How about optional app-level config parameters "default_view", and
> "default_model".  Calling ->view/model/controller with a false
> argument returns the default if that's set in config, or returns the
> only model/view if there's only one, or gives up if multiple and no
> configured default?

Seconded, with the caveat that I think $c->controller() should return the 
controller that $c->action comes from.

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