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Daniel Dekany edited comment on FREEMARKER-86 at 2/3/18 11:48 AM:
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Technically it's possible to add a {{.util}} like that. However, adding
{{.min}} is not a problem either. So I think {{.util.min(x, y)}} isn't better
than {{.min(x, y)}}. It's even worse, as it's longer.
Really the true problem is that the {{.specialVarName}} syntax is weird. Not a
technical problem, just looks alien for humans. If the syntax was
{{#specialVarName}} for example, then certainly not many would mind {{#min(x,
y)}}. It kind of resonates with {{#if}}, etc. It's not like I want to propose
introducing a new syntax for the same thing though...
was (Author: ddekany):
Technically it's possible to add a {{.util}} like that. However, adding
{{.min}} is not a problem either. So I think {{.util.min(x, y)}} isn't better
than {{.min(x, y)}}. It's even worse, as it's longer.
Really the true problem is that the {{.specialVarName}} syntax is weird. Not a
technical problem, just looks alien for humans. If the syntax was
{{#specialVarName}} for example, then certainly not many would mind {{#min(x,
y)}}. It kind of resonates with {{#if}}, etc. It's not like I'm proposing
introducing a new syntax for the same thing...
> min(x,y) and max(x,y)
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>
> Key: FREEMARKER-86
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FREEMARKER-86
> Project: Apache Freemarker
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: engine
> Reporter: Vojtech Knyttl
> Priority: Major
>
> It would be great to have these two builtins for numbers. At the moment, I
> have to create functions like:
> {code}
> <#function max(a, b)>
> <#return (a > b)?then(a, b)>
> </#function>
> {code}
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