Re: [SMW-devel] cargo syntax

2015-03-31 Thread John McClure
Hello Yaron Ya know I was only trying to give some feedback about the extension. I identified a user-level issue, suggested a solution ... eliminate the (redundant and non-conforming) parameter-name "_table=" that's my 2 cents.. cheers! /john On 3/31/2015 3:06 PM, Yaron Koren wrote: Hi, I don't

Re: [SMW-devel] cargo syntax

2015-03-31 Thread Yaron Koren
Hi, I don't know what you mean by the vertical bar thing. Again, most MediaWiki parser functions take either the form: {{#function_name:a|b|c}} ...or: {{#function_name:a=b|c=d|e=f}} #cargo_declare takes the latter form; and the parameters can actually go in any order. -Yaron On Tue, Mar 31,

Re: [SMW-devel] cargo syntax

2015-03-31 Thread John McClure
Hi Yaron, To the user, 'field_x' looks and acts like a named parameter. And to the user, _table is even more so a named parameter, as it is predefined by the extension. But to the user, this _table parameter appears to be missing a vertical-bar. And of course a vertical-bar *can* precede that na

Re: [SMW-devel] cargo syntax

2015-03-31 Thread Yaron Koren
Actually, #cargo_declare follows the standard syntax for MediaWiki parser functions - usually, either all the parameters are named, or none of them are. #ask is an exception, and #subobject is the very rare exception where the first parameter is often blank (i.e., your last example). -Yaron On Tu

[SMW-devel] cargo syntax

2015-03-31 Thread John McClure
The first parameter in the following syntax seems error-prone. {{#cargo_declare: _table=table name |field 1=field description 1 |field 2=field description 2 ...etc. }} Normally mediawiki parser functions are either {#cargo_declare: table name |field 1=field description 1 |field 2=field descripti