"Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote:
>
> 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.'
OK, I can accept your reasoning. Given all this, however, it is a shame
that the following does not work as I would expect:
------------ begin template -----------
#set ( $unit_price = '9.99' )
On sale now for only $${unit_price}
------------ end template -------------
which renders as
------------ begin render -----------
On sale now for only $${unit_price}
------------ end render -------------
