For and If are not quite the same as Foreach and Conditional. We're deprecating the latter pair, but they aren't drop-in replacements.
On 8/7/05, Nick Westgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Kent. > > It's not a bad idea. I'm sure all of us Tapestry users are aware > (thanks to Google) that we can buy rugs online. ;-) > > Another upgrade problem would be if an application page is using > both Conditional and If/Else, as the Else might be affected. > > For and If are much catchier names though, and more importantly > much shorter - often the decisive factor! > > Cheers, > Nick. > > > Kent Tong wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed that the For and If components are already included in > > Tapestry 4 in the framework. I believe they're intended as > > replacements for Foreach and Conditional. As such, I was wondering > > why not just rename For as Foreach and If as Conditional? Below > > are the benefits: > > 1. Existing code doesn't need to be changed to use the new components. > > 2. It is far easier to search the mailing list archive or web pages > > using Foreach or Conditional as keywords than For and If (these two > > words are far too common). > > > > The only drawback that I can think of is that if some people are > > using Foreach in a form and maintaining the "source" themselves, > > then their source objects may not be squeezable. When upgrading > > to this new version of Foreach (For), their code will break. Of > > course, it should be very rare to use Foreach in a form instead > > of a ListEdit. > > > > Any thought on this? > > > > -- > > Author of an e-Book for learning Tapestry (http://www.agileskills2.org/EWDT) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Independent J2EE / Open-Source Java Consultant Creator, Jakarta Tapestry Creator, Jakarta HiveMind Professional Tapestry training, mentoring, support and project work. http://howardlewisship.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
