Replace :nothing => true with :text => ""

Using `:nothing => true` confusingly actually causes a single space
to be sent as the content by rails.

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       if request.get?
         redirect_to :controller => 'user', :action => 'login', :referer => request.fullpath
       else
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+        render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
       end
     end
   end
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
         flash[:error] = t('application.require_moderator.not_a_moderator')
         redirect_to :action => 'index'
       else
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+        render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
       end
     end
   end
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     begin
       yield
     rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound => ex
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+      render :text => "", :status => :not_found
     rescue LibXML::XML::Error, ArgumentError => ex
       report_error ex.message, :bad_request
     rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid => ex
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { render :template => "user/no_such_user", :status => :not_found }
-      format.all { render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found }
+      format.all { render :text => "", :status => :not_found }
     end
   end
 

app/controllers/changeset_controller.rb

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ChangesetController < ApplicationController
     changeset.set_closed_time_now
 
     changeset.save!
-    render :nothing => true
+    render :text => ""
   end
 
   ##
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class ChangesetController < ApplicationController
       render :text => changeset.to_xml, :mime_type => "text/xml"
     else
 
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 

app/controllers/diary_entry_controller.rb

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class DiaryEntryController < ApplicationController
         @description = I18n.t('diary_entry.feed.user.description', :user => user.display_name)
         @link = "http://#{SERVER_URL}/user/#{user.display_name}/diary"
       else
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+        render :text => "", :status => :not_found
         return
       end
     else

app/controllers/old_controller.rb

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class OldController < ApplicationController
   
   def version
     if @old_element.redacted? and not show_redactions?
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
 
     else
       response.last_modified = @old_element.timestamp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class OldController < ApplicationController
     end
     
     # just return an empty 200 OK for success
-    render :nothing => true
+    render :text => ""
   end
 
   private

app/controllers/relation_controller.rb

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class RelationController < ApplicationController
       relation.update_from new_relation, @user
       render :text => relation.version.to_s, :content_type => "text/plain"
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class RelationController < ApplicationController
       relation.delete_with_history!(new_relation, @user)
       render :text => relation.version.to_s, :content_type => "text/plain"
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class RelationController < ApplicationController
       render :text => doc.to_s, :content_type => "text/xml"
       
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :gone
+      render :text => "", :status => :gone
     end
   end
 

app/controllers/search_controller.rb

@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ class SearchController < ApplicationController
 
     if do_nodes
       response.headers['Error'] = "Searching of nodes is currently unavailable"
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :service_unavailable
+      render :text => "", :status => :service_unavailable
       return false
     end
 
     unless value
       response.headers['Error'] = "Searching for a key without value is currently unavailable"
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :service_unavailable
+      render :text => "", :status => :service_unavailable
       return false
     end
 

app/controllers/trace_controller.rb

@@ -150,17 +150,17 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
 
     if trace.visible? and (trace.public? or (@user and @user == trace.user))
       if Acl.no_trace_download(request.remote_ip)
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+        render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
       elsif request.format == Mime::XML
         send_file(trace.xml_file, :filename => "#{trace.id}.xml", :type => Mime::XML.to_s, :disposition => 'attachment')
       else
         send_file(trace.trace_name, :filename => "#{trace.id}#{trace.extension_name}", :type => trace.mime_type, :disposition => 'attachment')
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+      render :text => "", :status => :not_found
     end
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-    render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+    render :text => "", :status => :not_found
   end
 
   def edit
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         end
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
     end
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-    render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+    render :text => "", :status => :not_found
   end
 
   def delete
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         flash[:notice] = t 'trace.delete.scheduled_for_deletion'
         redirect_to :action => :list, :display_name => @user.display_name
       else
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+        render :text => "", :status => :not_found
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
     end
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-    render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+    render :text => "", :status => :not_found
   end
 
   def georss
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         expires_in 7.days, :private => !trace.public?, :public => trace.public?
         send_file(trace.large_picture_name, :filename => "#{trace.id}.gif", :type => 'image/gif', :disposition => 'inline')
       else
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+        render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+      render :text => "", :status => :not_found
     end
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-    render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+    render :text => "", :status => :not_found
   end
 
   def icon
@@ -251,13 +251,13 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         expires_in 7.days, :private => !trace.public?, :public => trace.public?
         send_file(trace.icon_picture_name, :filename => "#{trace.id}_icon.gif", :type => 'image/gif', :disposition => 'inline')
       else
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+        render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+      render :text => "", :status => :not_found
     end
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-    render :nothing => true, :status => :not_found
+    render :text => "", :status => :not_found
   end
 
   def api_read
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
     if trace.public? or trace.user == @user
       render :text => trace.to_xml.to_s, :content_type => "text/xml"
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
     end
   end
 
@@ -285,9 +285,9 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
       trace.visibility = new_trace.visibility
       trace.save!
 
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :ok
+      render :text => "", :status => :ok
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
     end
   end
 
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
       trace.visible = false
       trace.save!
 
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :ok
+      render :text => "", :status => :ok
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
     end
   end
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         send_file(trace.trace_name, :filename => "#{trace.id}#{trace.extension_name}", :type => trace.mime_type, :disposition => 'attachment')
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      render :text => "", :status => :forbidden
     end
   end
 
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
       if @trace.id
         render :text => @trace.id.to_s, :content_type => "text/plain"
       elsif @trace.valid?
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :internal_server_error
+        render :text => "", :status => :internal_server_error
       else
-        render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+        render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 

app/controllers/user_controller.rb

@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def api_read
-    render :nothing => true, :status => :gone unless @this_user.visible?
+    render :text => "", :status => :gone unless @this_user.visible?
   end
 
   def api_details

app/controllers/user_preference_controller.rb

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class UserPreferenceController < ApplicationController
       preference.save!
     end
 
-    render :nothing => true, :content_type => "text/plain"
+    render :text => "", :content_type => "text/plain"
   end
 
   ##
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class UserPreferenceController < ApplicationController
     pref.v = request.raw_post.chomp
     pref.save!
 
-    render :nothing => true, :content_type => "text/plain"
+    render :text => "", :content_type => "text/plain"
   end
 
   ##
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ class UserPreferenceController < ApplicationController
   def delete_one
     UserPreference.find(@user.id, params[:preference_key]).delete
 
-    render :nothing => true, :content_type => "text/plain"
+    render :text => "", :content_type => "text/plain"
   end
 end

app/controllers/way_controller.rb

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class WayController < ApplicationController
       way.create_with_history @user
       render :text => way.id.to_s, :content_type => "text/plain"
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class WayController < ApplicationController
       way.update_from(new_way, @user)
       render :text => way.version.to_s, :content_type => "text/plain"
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class WayController < ApplicationController
       way.delete_with_history!(new_way, @user)
       render :text => way.version.to_s, :content_type => "text/plain"
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class WayController < ApplicationController
 
       render :text => doc.to_s, :content_type => "text/xml"
     else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+      render :text => "", :status => :bad_request
     end
   end
 

test/functional/user_preference_controller_test.rb

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class UserPreferenceControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     end
     assert_response :success
     assert_equal "text/plain", @response.content_type
-    assert_equal " ", @response.body
+    assert_equal "", @response.body
     assert_equal "new_value", UserPreference.find(1, "key").v
     assert_equal "value", UserPreference.find(1, "new_key").v
     assert_raises ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class UserPreferenceControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     end
     assert_response :success
     assert_equal "text/plain", @response.content_type
-    assert_equal " ", @response.body
+    assert_equal "", @response.body
     assert_equal "new_value", UserPreference.find(1, "new_key").v
 
     # try changing the value of a preference
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class UserPreferenceControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     end
     assert_response :success
     assert_equal "text/plain", @response.content_type
-    assert_equal " ", @response.body
+    assert_equal "", @response.body
     assert_equal "newer_value", UserPreference.find(1, "new_key").v
   end
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class UserPreferenceControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     end
     assert_response :success
     assert_equal "text/plain", @response.content_type
-    assert_equal " ", @response.body
+    assert_equal "", @response.body
     assert_raises ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do
       UserPreference.find(1, "key")
     end