I see what you're saying Russell. I myself am reluctant to use the template tag I created in some ways. Although I cannot seem to find a DRY way of doing what I'm doing, the idea of breaking the dogma does bother me a bit. I thought that if I could get confirmation from the crowds, it would make me feel better. Thanks a lot for ruining my evil plans :)
On Aug 26, 6:30 pm, Russell Keith-Magee <russ...@keith-magee.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Yo-Yo Ma <baxterstock...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure this will be met with criticism, but there is a reason why > > just about all template languages allow the setting of variables. > > Yes. It's because most template languages are trying to be a Turing > complete programming language. Django's template language isn't. > > This leads to people putting view logic in their template, and it's > something Django's template language is specifically trying to > prevent. In my opinion (and the historical opinion of the core team) > this is a *feature*, not a bug. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
