I read the article as well :) I don't think anyone wants to get rid of the functionality that the rewind cycle provides, just the way that the current rewind cycle behaves. (It could be much more efficient/intuitive )
I too would be incredibly sad if the functionality provided went away, as I'm sure howard would. On 1/10/06, Leonardo Quijano Vincenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now, this blog post (specially the rewind cycle description) is what the > user docs should look like. Great explanation of the rewind cycle, > Nathan! I think if you help Tapestry developers specify those current > capabilities you don't want to lose, there should be no problem (and we > can always remove the rewind cycle). > > -- > Ing. Leonardo Quijano Vincenzi > DTQ Software > > > Nathan Kopp wrote: > > I've written a blog post on why I like Tapestry's > poorly-named-yet-very-useful > > "rewind cycle." Before we get out the torches and pitchforks and > eradicate all > > memories of the dreaded rewind cycle from Tapestry's code, let's have a > look at > > what it has to offer and maybe think about why it was created in the > first > > place. :-) That way we won't lose functionality when the replacement > is > > designed and built. > > > > Here's the blog post: > > > http://nate-tech.blogspot.com/2006/01/why-tapestrys-crazy-rewind-is-good.html > > > > To summarize (for those who's time is limited), I like how the rewind > cycle > > replays the page render for processing, because (among other things) it > allows > > components to be bound directly to loop variables, so I don't need to > track a > > loop index for my bindings. No other framework that I know of can do > this in > > such an elegant way as Tapestry. > > > > BTW, I have really enjoyed working with Tapestry, especially Tap > 4. This is > > great stuff! > > > > -Nathan Kopp > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > >
