access assigns as a method or hash, with strings or symbols [#4431 state:resolved]

actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_process.rb

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ require 'action_dispatch/middleware/flash'
 module ActionDispatch
   module TestProcess
     def assigns(key = nil)
-      assigns = {}
+      assigns = {}.with_indifferent_access
       @controller.instance_variable_names.each do |ivar|
         next if ActionController::Base.protected_instance_variables.include?(ivar)
         assigns[ivar[1..-1]] = @controller.instance_variable_get(ivar)
       end
 
-      key.nil? ? assigns : assigns[key.to_s]
+      key.nil? ? assigns : assigns[key]
     end
 
     def session

actionpack/test/controller/test_test.rb

@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ XML
       render :nothing => true
     end
 
+    def test_assigns
+      @foo = "foo"
+      render :nothing => true
+    end
+
     private
       def rescue_action(e)
         raise e
@@ -230,6 +235,17 @@ XML
     assert_equal "OK", @response.body
   end
 
+  def test_assigns
+    process :test_assigns
+    # assigns can be accessed using assigns(key)
+    # or assigns[key], where key is a string or
+    # a symbol
+    assert_equal "foo", assigns(:foo)
+    assert_equal "foo", assigns("foo")
+    assert_equal "foo", assigns[:foo]
+    assert_equal "foo", assigns["foo"]
+  end
+
   def test_assert_tag_tag
     process :test_html_output