Can't use link-to helper inside a child view

[bsclifton]

I've found two possibly related issues with Ember regarding routes:

1. If you try to use a link-to helper inside a child view (not associated with a route) which has a controller bound, you'll get a JavaScript error and the ember-application doesn't get generated in the DOM.
   Error: TypeError: get(...).container is null
   Example: http://jsbin.com/yised/2/edit?html,js,console,output

2. As a workaround for the first issue above, I tried (inside that child view) binding an action that does a this.transitionToRoute(). This doesn't break rendering, but when clicked the action will throw the following JavaScript error.
   Error: TypeError: target is null
   Example: http://jsbin.com/kiwap/1/edit?html,js,console,output

[alexspeller]

Manually creating controllers and assigning them to views will not work. You must let ember instantiate controllers for you.

[bsclifton]

Thanks for helping me find the correct way to do this (using the render helper):
http://jsbin.com/yised/4/edit?html,js,output

In my case, in my real code, I have the template files broken out and I'm not using a precompiler (we're using RequireJS). Until we move to a precompiler, we can do something like:
Ember.TEMPLATES['user'] = "templateTextGoesHere"

Since the original functionality I asked about isn't supported... could this issue be converted to logging a more meaningful error message (at least in the debug build?)

[bsclifton]

Going to mark as closed. Hoping that I'll have some time soon, then I can fork and try to create a PR either for the documentation or the console logs