Delegate action_name to controller inside views.

actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc:
     attr_internal :request
 
     delegate :request_forgery_protection_token, :template, :params, :session, :cookies, :response, :headers,
-             :flash, :logger, :to => :controller
+             :flash, :logger, :action_name, :to => :controller
  
     module CompiledTemplates #:nodoc:
       # holds compiled template code

actionpack/test/controller/new_render_test.rb

@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ class NewRenderTestController < ActionController::Base
   def accessing_logger_in_template
     render :inline =>  "<%= logger.class %>"
   end
+  
+  def accessing_action_name_in_template
+    render :inline =>  "<%= action_name %>"
+  end
 
   def accessing_params_in_template_with_layout
     render :layout => nil, :inline =>  "Hello: <%= params[:name] %>"
@@ -545,6 +549,11 @@ class NewRenderTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     get :accessing_logger_in_template
     assert_equal "Logger", @response.body
   end
+  
+  def test_access_to_action_name_in_view
+    get :accessing_action_name_in_template
+    assert_equal "accessing_action_name_in_template", @response.body
+  end
 
   def test_render_xml
     get :render_xml_hello