A use I thought up (although I got lazy and abandoned it later) was an
`exec` template tag, for executing commands. Or, and this just came off the
to of my head, you could use it as a vdom library as almost like a Lisp
reader macro:
```js
n`.form-ctrl`(
n`input#input`("input"),
n`a[href="/submit.html"]`("Submit"))
```
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 17:34 Alexander Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> The two code samples you posted are equivalent (modulo the obvious
> mistake). AFAIU there is still only a single parsing pass for template
> strings.
>
> On Tuesday, 12 January 2016, /#!/JoePea <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The thing with template strings is that they are used at runtime. This
>> could be slow if we're compiling things at runtime all the time,
>> whereas a server-side templating solution might lead JavaScript
>> functions compiled from templates (like in the case with Meteor Blaze
>> Spacebars or React JSX), which can be faster at runtime.
>>
>> What are template strings good for besides the obvious benefit that
>> they make things like
>>
>> ```
>> var str = "llo"
>> console.log(`he${str} world!`)
>> ```
>>
>> easier to read than
>>
>> ```
>> var str = "llo"
>> console.log('he'+'str'+' world!')
>> ```
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Maybe writing regexes can be nicer with template strings? I gave it a
>> try at npmjs.com/regexr.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Manuel Di Iorio <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Yes Bob, after a personal testing with a complete template engine using
>> the
>> > ES6 template strings, I realized that their use (in mine use case, of
>> > course) is slowest than the approach that I'm using right now (like the
>> > Underscore template). Thanks everyone :)
>> >
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