On 11/26/01 8:22 PM, "Donnie Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK - lots of people don't like this idea. > > Recalling that the goal is to move toward having the Struts-like <html:form> > ability to define forms with various input elements pre-filled, does anyone > want to offer an alternative? This also results in simplified and less > error-prone HTML. Specifying the appropriate name, etc., gets Struts to do > its magic w.r.t. ActionForm population, etc. > > As a recent message I posted indicated, web designers are used to: > > <form attr1="value1" ... /> (or whatever) They implicitly use default > parameters all the time. That's not true, is it? Where do the default params come from? Only in tools, not HTML, can something like that happen. > It's not like we're introducing programming or > scripting or anything like that. Just an alternate way to invoke existing > functionality. Now if we want to debate whether #macro should exist at > all... ;) > > FWIW... > > Donnie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hensley, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 1:48 PM > To: 'Velocity Developers List' > Subject: RE: #macro functionality > > > I agree with Jon, Paulo, and Daniel. > > It sounds very cool on the outset, however it reminds me of my C++ days > where default parameters caused so much confusion for programmers > unfamiliar with the code base that they needed classes before they could > even read the code. i.e. way to many magic tricks up the sleeve. > > -1 > > Please keep Velocity simple meaning easy to read a template, and easy to > predict what a template will do because all the information is present. > > Richard Hensley > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain > confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paulo Gaspar [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Without vote rights (just my 2 cents), I agree with Daniel and Jon. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
