I agree with Nathan
The simplicity of the VTL syntax has major importance for us since non
programmers can easily
understand the syntax. Please keep it as simple as possible.
Matthijs
Nathan Bubna (JIRA) wrote:
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Nathan Bubna commented on VELOCITY-700:
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-1 no labels. keep VTL simple, please. it's not java, nor should it be. the
ease of teaching it and reading it are important to me. FYI, i'm also still
considering vetoing the #foreach( $user in $users index $i ) syntax, since i
think it is ugly, unclear, and unnecessary. the more i look at it, the more i
dislike it. having that syntax in combo with this one would make my eyes water.
(please bear with my grumpy bluntness; i like you, i'm just very concerned
about syntax choices.)
if you really feel it is necessary to control the break level, there is always
the LoopTool in velocity tools. yes, that's not that pretty either, but that
is part of the point of VelocityTools. keep ugly, but sometimes desirable
features out of the core.
if you really feel it is important to have some better break control in the core, let's
discuss other ways. like perhaps an optional integer argument for #break, to indicate
how many levels to break out of. Something like that would at least avoid
"uglifying" the #foreach syntax, for an unnecessary feature.
Add #foreach keyword to specify #break level
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Key: VELOCITY-700
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELOCITY-700
Project: Velocity
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: Engine
Affects Versions: 2.0
Reporter: Byron Foster
if the last argument to to the #foreach directive is a word, then that word
serves as a label to indicate the break level for the #break directive. Par
exemple:
#foreach($user in $users outer)
#foreach($email in $user.emails)
#if($email.expired)
#break(outer)
#end
#end
#end
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