"Paul Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[ Does this mean I'm back on line? No, unfortunately. The company
that was supposed to be opening an office here in Padova has been slow
about it. I'm writing from a friends house, but hope to be back on
line soonest. If anyone wants to sponsor my work on mod_dtcl, offers
are welcome: +39.348.8866859 :-) ]
> With mod_dtcl at its current 0.8 level isn't it close enough to "day
> 1" for fundamental conventions to be switched if it makes sense?
Yes, if it's a good thing, I'm willing to break backwards
compatiblity. Keep in mind that some people have been using mod_dtcl
for a while though. Posting a simple script that seeks and changes
.ttml files from <+ +> to <?dtcl ?> would probably be appreciated if
we do make this change.
> As additional examples of the issue at hand, AOLserver (entirely
> Tcl-based) uses both <% ... %> and <script language=tcl
> ...>...</script>. Scriptics'/Ajuba's TclHttpd grabs everything
> between matched [ .. ] (greedy regexp) and sends it to Tcl for
> evaluation/substitution, avoiding completely any form of <? .. ?>
> wrapping.
> Perhaps this notion of picking a different symbol for < .. > helps
> in an environment where multiple languages and/or dynamic script
> processors within a single document are supported (is there such a
> place?), but generally it seems to be an indication of the language,
> and <?lang ... ?> is less obscure and possibly more portable.
When I created mod_dtcl, there were a proliferation of <X tags, so I
just picked one at random. I've never been particularly attached to
it, but I do like it to be short for those places where you just want
to insert a bit of text into a URL or something:
Your favorite color is <+ hputs $color +>
> Consistency (and deference to XML) surely is in the best interest of
> everyone, agreed?
I don't want to use 'tcl' though... I don't think it's quite fair to
grab that whole name for mod_dtcl. Otherwise, what might other
parsers use?
--
David N. Welton
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