I just realized I should have posted this as a reply, not a separate comment. In a nutshell: two to three times faster, gaining more with larger data sets; and 40% smaller output (though I didn't particularly aim for it, just something nicer to read) with less than half the number of lines.
I do agree that in principle we should use the TAL. In this case however, with the variable columns list, it was a small step from (pre) moving into the view all cyclomatic complexity that shouldn't have been in the TAL in the first place, to (post) rendering entire rows there. -- https://code.launchpad.net/~jtv/launchpad/templates-listing/+merge/35185 Your team Launchpad code reviewers is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~jtv/launchpad/templates-listing into lp:launchpad/devel. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-reviewers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-reviewers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

