Render comment partial with collection option

app/controllers/comments_controller.rb

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ class CommentsController < ApplicationController
                                      :comment_id => @comment.id,
                                      :html => render_to_string(
                                        :partial => 'comments/comment',
-                                       :locals => {
+                                       :locals => { :hash => {
                                          :comment => @comment,
                                          :person => current_user,
-                                        }
+                                        }}
                                       )
                                     }
           render(:json => json, :status => 201)

app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module SocketsHelper
       elsif object.is_a? Person
         v = render_to_string(:partial => type_partial(object), :locals => {:single_aspect_form => opts[:single_aspect_form], :person => object, :aspects => user.aspects, :current_user => user})
       elsif object.is_a? Comment
-        v = render_to_string(:partial => 'comments/comment', :locals => {:comment => object, :person => object.person})
+        v = render_to_string(:partial => 'comments/comment', :locals => {:hash => {:comment => object, :person => object.person}})
       else
         v = render_to_string(:partial => type_partial(object), :locals => {:post => object, :current_user => user}) unless object.is_a? Retraction
       end

app/views/comments/_comment.html.haml

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 -#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
+- comment = hash[:comment]
+- person = hash[:person]
 %li.comment{:data=>{:guid=>comment.id}}
   %a{:href => "/people/#{person.id}"}
     %img{:src => image_or_default(person), :class => "avatar", :alt => person.real_name, :title => person.real_name, "data-person_id" => person.id}

app/views/comments/_comments.html.haml

@@ -3,19 +3,7 @@
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 %ul.comments{:id => post_id, :class => ("hidden" if comment_hashes.size == 0)}
-  - for comment_hash in comment_hashes
-    -comment = comment_hash[:comment]
-    -person = comment_hash[:person]
-
-    %li.comment{:data=>{:guid=>comment.id}}
-      %a{:href => "/people/#{person.id}"}
-        %img{:src => image_or_default(person), :class => "avatar", :alt => person.real_name, :title => person.real_name, "data-person_id" => person.id}
-      .content
-        .from
-          %a{:href => "/people/#{person.id}"}=person.real_name
-        = markdownify(comment.text, :youtube_maps => comment[:youtube_titles])
-        %div.time
-          = comment.created_at ? "#{time_ago_in_words(comment.created_at)}" : Time.now
+  = render :partial => 'comments/comment', :collection => comment_hashes, :as => :hash
   %li.comment.show
     = render 'comments/new_comment', :post_id => post_id