Accessing ActionView::Base in a ActionController in Rails 2.3

just came accross an instance variable of an ActionView::Base in ActionController, which is @template;

view plainprint?

1. class AnyController < ApplicationController  
2.   def index  
3.     logger.debug @template.inspect #=> #<actionview::base:0xb685da48 ..="">  
4.   end  
5. end  
6. </actionview::base:0xb685da48>  

class AnyController < ApplicationController
  def index
    logger.debug @template.inspect #=> #
  end
end