Hi, On 5-Sep-07, at 10:13 AM, ry dahl wrote:
> Bob Hutchison wrote: >> Another dissenting voice... I will not/cannot avoid the use of the >> params object in some of my applications. So, please, no deprecation. >> I don't care if Merb supported controller parameters or not, in >> principle. I doubt I'd ever use them, I prefer to look at the params >> object as an input data thing that needs to be inspected rather >> carefully. On the other hand, Merb is still mostly light and easy to >> understand, and starts very quickly -- it would be sad to see this >> end. > > Bob, in what way are you using params? Why can't you avoid it? I think > you are not thinking about this correctly. Well, I'll give you an example. One of my applications is a course management system that administers and marks quizzes. The quiz is supplied as data to the program and the program generates the form. There is a single action in the controller that handles the test marking and updates the student's 'transcript'. Cheers, Bob ---- Bob Hutchison -- tumblelog at http:// www.recursive.ca/so/ Recursive Design Inc. -- weblog at http://www.recursive.ca/ hutch http://www.recursive.ca/ -- works on http://www.raconteur.info/ cms-for-static-content/home/ _______________________________________________ Merb-devel mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/merb-devel
