From: Sam Tregar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I don't think this is too much code to expect people to write:
>
> $row{__selected__} = "selected" if $value;
>
>That's really all you're talking about, right?
Does %row have special meaning in HTML::Template? I saw it used in another example. I
don't know if I misunderstand something about this example. (How would I use
$row{__selected__} after I set it?)
What I was getting at is that something seems to be missing in TMPL_LOOP. There are
two types of loops which are common, have a known/standard requirement (testing for
"selected" or "checked" on every row), and the syntax for accomplishing this is always
referred to as "ugly." If it's so common, so standard, and so ugly, why can't there be
a way that H::T handles it behind the scenes?
For example, what if H::T could recognize a special keyword (such as
TMPL_LOOP_SELECTED and TMPL_LOOP_CHECKED) inside the TMPL_LOOP and automatically test
an array of booleans with a reserved name (say, @__selected__) who's index corresponds
to H::T's internal row counter. H::T could fill in the "selected" or "checked" value
if all the conditions are correct.
I don't understand why there's a known requirement to produce HTML like this, but it
always seems to be pushed outside the domain of H::T. If it's just a matter of ugly
template syntax, couldn't the syntax be simplified by being standardized as a common
processing method?
>Because CGI.pm already has it nailed. Why reinvent the wheel? And
>you can't beat the simplicity:
>
> <tmpl_var year_select>
Doesn't this move the HTML out of the template? If I have class attributes that may
change depending on visitor preferences, now I have to maintain them in two places (in
the template for everything except SELECT and RADIOBOX elements, and in my Perl code
for these two)?
Mark
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