Added that all renders and redirects now return false, so they can be used as the last line in before_filters to stop execution.

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@364 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added that all renders and redirects now return false, so they can be used as the last line in before_filters to stop execution.
+
+  Before:
+    def authenticate
+      unless @session[:authenticated]
+        redirect_to :controller => "account", :action => "login"
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+  
+  After:
+    def authenticate
+      redirect_to(:controller => "account", :action => "login") unless @session[:authenticated]
+    end
+
 * Added conditional filters #431 [Marcel]. Example:
 
     class JournalController < ActionController::Base

actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb

@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         @response.headers["Status"] = status || DEFAULT_RENDER_STATUS_CODE
         @response.body = block_given? ? block : text
         @performed_render = true
+        return false
       end
       
       # Renders an empty response that can be used when the request is only interested in triggering an effect. Do note that good
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         logger.info("Redirected to #{url}") unless logger.nil?
         @response.redirect(url, permanently)
         @performed_redirect = true
+        return false
       end
 
       # Resets the session by clearsing out all the objects stored within and initializing a new session object.