Added as: this support

lib/express/view.js

@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ exports.clearCache = function(){
  * Render `view` partial with the given `options`.
  *
  * Options:
- *   - `as`         Variable name for each `collection` value, defaults to the view name.
+ *   - `as` Variable name for each `collection` value, defaults to the view name.
+ *     When assigning `as: this`, each value in the collection will become the 
+ *     evaluation context of the template.
+ *
  *   - `collection` Array of objects, the name is derived from the view name itself. 
  *     For example _video.html_ will have a object _video_ available to it.
  *
@@ -70,7 +73,11 @@ http.ServerResponse.prototype.partial = function(view, options){
         var locals = options.locals = options.locals || {};
         locals.collectionLength = len;
         return collection.map(function(val, i){
-            locals[name] = val;
+            if (typeof name === 'string') {
+                locals[name] = val;
+            } else {
+                options.context = val;
+            }
             locals.firstInCollection = i === 0;
             locals.indexInCollection = i;
             locals.lastInCollection = i === len - 1;

test/fixtures/partials/person.jade

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

test/view.test.js

@@ -106,5 +106,17 @@ module.exports = {
         assert.response(app,
             { url: '/user' },
             { body: '<p>tj</p>' });
+        
+        // "as" this collection option
+        app.get('/person', function(req, res){
+            res.send(res.partial('person.jade', {
+                as: this,
+                collection: [{ name: 'tj' }]
+            }));
+        });
+        
+        assert.response(app,
+            { url: '/person' },
+            { body: '<p>tj</p>' });
     }
 };