I respect Sam's opinion on what should and shouldn't go into H::T, although I wouldn't consider some of the enhancements "feature creep" (ie I think not having TMPL_ELSIF would mean that a feature is missing) -> I thank him for producing a very use piece of code.
And these enhancements show that H::T can undergo more enhancements without 'breaking'... some of the features added to this version, are based on ideas from the people on this list -> they were added without a major re-architecture, more like a code evolution. That said, the reason that I put together the functionality in my version of the H::T bundle was that I very-much needed certain functionality, such as: - TMPL_ELSIF make my templates a lot clearer to read (under some circumstances) - I absolutely need support for custom TMPL_xxx constructs - I absolutely needed some bug fixes which Sam hasn't fixed As to putting it up on CPAN... what would I call it ? HTML::TemplateEnhanced ? (note that most of these changes / enhancements cant be made by subclassing H::T...) Mathew > OK, I understand. So I guess my question is redirected to Mathew, could > you subclass H::T and put your version on CPAN? > > > > Your version has some nice features that I could use, especially the > > > recursive HTML::Template invocation. Is there a reason why Sam has > > > not included your mods into the CPAN version? > > > > The discussion of these changes is available in the mailing-list > > archive. If memory serves I didn't think that most of them required > > changes to HTML::Template itself. My feeling is that if > > HTML::Template::Expr could be done without changes to HTML::Template > > then there's really no limit on the changes that can be accomplished > > by a sub-class using filter. > > > > Put simply, HTML::Template has suffered from feature-creap through its > > life and it's nearly at the breaking point now. The current code-base > > won't remain maintainable with many more features added without a > > major rearchitecture. Someday maybe I'll do that and then all kinds > > of extension will be easier... ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Html-template-users mailing list Html-template-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/html-template-users
