I really dislike the option of which syntax to use... Lets choose one and use it...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Drew McAuliffe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 2:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] OGNL madness - evaluated tag attributes > > > I suppose retarded is in the eye of the beholder...:) > > I don't know about it from a JSTL point of view, but velocity > uses this syntax, as does the evaluation that goes on in the > xwork config file, as does Ant, etc. I find it to be very > clear. "In brackets led by a $, this is a variable that > should be evaluated." As for your suggestion, I'm not sure, > as I can see how certain things can be obvious to a person, > but not easy to make obvious for a machine. > > I do like the idea of allowing the user to determine which > method to use, though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of boxed > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 8:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] OGNL madness - evaluated tag attributes > > Patrick Lightbody wrote: > > > Hmm... this is pretty interesting. I'd like to hear the > opinion from the > > 1.4 guys on this as well. > > > I for one dispise the ${} JSTL/whatever syntax above all > else. It's just plain retarded. Now, I realize that having to > put ' around strings can be seen as annoying (although I find > the term "tripleqouting" to be somewhat misleading), but a > way around that could be to introduce a more obvious syntax > like String(my literal string). This is to me much better > than the JSTL way where I have to put ${} around all variables. > Introducing the JSTL syntax will lead to MORE typing, not less. > > Maybe the EL parser should be more intelligent with this > though. If you > write: <ww:property value="foo bar"/> it is obvious that this > is not a valid variable name, so the page could just return a > big and obvious error message. This later approach is also > backwards compatible. > > Anders Hovmöller > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us > help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
