Gosh, I LOVE HTML mail! Now I understand why MSFT doesn't give you a choice!
(just kidding. Sorry jon.)
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:14:40 +0200, Fedor wrote:
> > > #set $ivm = "#{$mac}()"
> > > $ivm
> > >
> >
> > That was discussed briefly and rejected as downright *too* scary.
> > Starting to smell like Perl or something :)
> >
> > > #set $f = "${$a}.{$b}()"
> > > $f
> > >
> > > Will this call the function $foo.bar ?
> >
> > Same thing - alas no.
> >
> > But you did get me thinking - Is this really a desireable feature to
> > have?
> >
> > geir
>
>
> In pure velocity context you maybe don't what or need this. But once
> you start to throw xml into the picture its not scary at all, well
> maybe some small pieces you can hide somewhere.
>
> Just set a scary property to a value you what/need. That can replace
> all the other optional flags.
>
> Theo
Not that I'm trying to scare you, but...
what would this do then?:
#set $foo="\$bar"
#set $bar="$foo"
Well, I can't try it here, but I would guess :
after the first set, $foo -> interpolated "\$bar" which is "$bar" (the literal)
after the second #set, $bar -> interpolated "$foo" -> "$bar" (the literal)
so if you then output $bar, you would get '$bar' in the output (minus the single quotes)
Try it... let us know. All the code is in CVS. Might have made the nightly tarball, might not. Can't recall.
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