jeff wrote:
[SNIP]
> Is that really something you envision as a commonplace need?
I hope so. I believe that the trend, nay stampede, toward dynamic
content generation certainly makes this a possibility.
> Seems to
> me like the vast majority of templates are going to be hand crafted by a
> designer. Not only that, but even if arbitrary text is used as source
> material, how often does \$ occur except in some sort of template
> language source?
It's the symbol of a major world currency, for starters... the point is
really to try to 'do no harm.'
>
> > Could you use #if() ? #if($foo) -> false if $foo not in the context.
>
> I hadn't thought of that. It's a bit ugly but it would work.
It's very ugly. Christoph had a better solution.
[SNIP]
>
> I was going to suggest something to turn off parsing temporarily but I
> searched my email archive and noticed that jvanzyl already added
> #literal
Hm. If you have content you don't want parsed, just #include() it if
it's in a file.
> I am concerned though, because he gave this as an example:
>
> > #literal()
> >
> > #if($skin)
> > $!data.setLayoutTemplate($!skin.getLayout())
> > $!page.setCss($!skin.getCss())
> > #end
> >
> > #end
>
> This implies that parsing is still going on inside of the directive even
> if no substitution is being done. If the above works, then the
> following could not possibly work:
>
> #literal()
>
> #if($skin)
> $!data.setLayoutTemplate($!skin.getLayout())
> $!page.setCss($!skin.getCss())
> #noend
>
> #end
>
> Perhaps #literal could be enhanced to allow this sort of usage:
>
> #literal(ARBITRARY_END_MARKER_TEXT)
>
> #if($skin)
> $!data.setLayoutTemplate($!skin.getLayout())
> $!page.setCss($!skin.getCss())
> #noend
>
> ARBITRARY_END_MARKER_TEXT
We recognized that problem immediately, but it didn't seem terribly
pressing at the time. It's on the list :)
geir
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