change res.locals to a plain js object.

Anyone who wants something fancier should use modules.

- fixes annoyance with not being able to set 'name' property on locals

History.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    - `req.accepts*` -> `req.accepts*s` - i.e. `req.acceptsEncoding` -> `req.acceptsEncodings`
    - `req.params` is now an object instead of an array
    - `json spaces` no longer enabled by default in development
+   - `res.locals` is no longer a function. It is a plain js object. Treat it as such.
  * refactor:
    - `req.accepts*` with [accepts](https://github.com/expressjs/accepts)
    - `req.is` with [type-is](https://github.com/expressjs/type-is)

lib/application.js

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ var connect = require('connect')
   , methods = require('methods')
   , middleware = require('./middleware')
   , debug = require('debug')('express:application')
-  , locals = require('./utils').locals
   , View = require('./view')
   , http = require('http');
 
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ app.defaultConfiguration = function(){
   });
 
   // setup locals
-  this.locals = locals(this);
+  this.locals = Object.create(null);
 
   // default locals
   this.locals.settings = this.settings;

lib/middleware.js

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ exports.init = function(app){
     req.__proto__ = app.request;
     res.__proto__ = app.response;
 
-    res.locals = res.locals || utils.locals(res);
+    res.locals = res.locals || Object.create(null);
 
     next();
   }

lib/utils.js

@@ -24,25 +24,6 @@ exports.etag = function(body){
   return '"' + crc32.signed(body) + '"';
 };
 
-/**
- * Make `locals()` bound to the given `obj`.
- *
- * This is used for `app.locals` and `res.locals`.
- *
- * @param {Object} obj
- * @return {Function}
- * @api private
- */
-
-exports.locals = function(){
-  function locals(obj){
-    for (var key in obj) locals[key] = obj[key];
-    return obj;
-  };
-
-  return locals;
-};
-
 /**
  * Check if `path` looks absolute.
  *

test/app.locals.js

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ describe('app', function(){
     it('should merge locals', function(){
       var app = express();
       Object.keys(app.locals).should.eql(['settings']);
-      app.locals({ user: 'tobi', age: 1 });
-      app.locals({ age: 2 });
+      app.locals.user = 'tobi';
+      app.locals.age = 2;
       Object.keys(app.locals).should.eql(['settings', 'user', 'age']);
       app.locals.user.should.equal('tobi');
       app.locals.age.should.equal(2);

test/fixtures/name.jade

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+p= name

test/res.locals.js

@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@ var express = require('../')
   , request = require('./support/http');
 
 describe('res', function(){
-  describe('.locals(obj)', function(){
-    it('should merge locals', function(done){
+  describe('.locals', function(){
+    it('should be empty by default', function(done){
       var app = express();
 
       app.use(function(req, res){
         Object.keys(res.locals).should.eql([]);
-        res.locals({ user: 'tobi', age: 1 });
-        res.locals.user.should.equal('tobi');
-        res.locals.age.should.equal(1);
         res.end();
       });
 

test/res.render.js

@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ describe('res', function(){
       .expect('<p>tobi</p>', done);
     })
 
+    it('should expose app.locals with `name` property', function(done){
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');
+      app.locals.name = 'tobi';
+
+      app.use(function(req, res){
+        res.render('name.jade');
+      });
+
+      request(app)
+      .get('/')
+      .expect('<p>tobi</p>', done);
+    })
+  
     it('should support index.<engine>', function(done){
       var app = express();