Rails: Is it possible to write view helpers with HAML syntax?

Question

During refactoring it would be quite handy just to copy part of HAML template and paste it to helper\'s code. Currently in such cases 1) I have to rewrite that part of view from

Answer 1

From the reference:

def render_haml(code)
    engine = Haml::Engine.new(code)
    engine.render
end

This initiates a new Haml engine and renders it.