My thoughts on the Url::defaults method

I just read the Laravel news post about the Url::defaults method.

The article doesn't mention it has a caveat, that can cause a model binding problem.

Why would you use global middleware to make it easier to get a route in blade in the first place?
A less invasive way to solve this is to create a helper.

function localeRoute($name, $parameters = [], $absolute = true)
{
    foreach (['locale' => 'en'] as $key => $value) {
        if(array_key_exists($key, $parameters)) {
            continue;
        }

        $parameters[$key] = $value;
    }

    return app('url')->route($name, $parameters, $absolute);
}

And use it in views where it makes sense.