Relative translations don't work in initializer

[jcoyne]

This is similar to #74

If I have an initializer and I use the translation helper, then I get the error:

Cannot use t(".link_text") shortcut because path is not available

This happens even after calling super

If I move the translation into an instance method, it works as expected.

Using view_component-2.75.0, rails-7.0.4, ruby 3.1.0

[joelhawksley]

@jcoyne thanks for filing this issue. Might you be up for writing a PR with a failing test? Perhaps @elia could have a look, then.

[elia]

This is expected, although I agree would be great to have them working in the initializer as well.

The reason it works as an instance method is that the method is most likely called after initialization and compilation of the component. Happy to review any proposal to make it work from the get go tho 🙌

[joelhawksley]

@jcoyne given @elia's response, are there any documentation changes you think we should make?

[jcoyne]

I suppose some warning in the documentation would be nice. I'm not at all clear why this timing concern exists. Maybe an explanation about that?

[joelhawksley]

@jcoyne perhaps we could just add a warning for now? Like this test case:

view_component/test/sandbox/test/base_test.rb

Line 37 in c9b7d36

assert_includes err.message, "can't be used during initialization"

. We could also add something to the docs.

[jcoyne]

@joelhawksley that would be really helpful

[joelhawksley]

@jcoyne cool. Would you be up for writing a PR? I can help clean up language if you get something started ❤️

[jcoyne]

No, because I don't understand the order problem were seeing. I don't understand what the compile step is or what that does.