On 12/18/01 1:57 PM, "Will Hartung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I do believe I did indicate to > your >> first post on this subject that you should review the archives regarding >> this issue. >> >> If you look back in the archives, we have been through this quite a few >> times - there is a strong interest in keeping floating point numbers out > of >> VTL. >> >> To summarize the reasons, it's because many feel that because there is no >> valid *presentational* use for floating point numbers, and that having > that >> support leads to the inclusion of business logic in the templates. >> >> Of course, you can always put business logic in templates if you work at > it, >> but its something that people, don't think should be encouraged. >> >> You can get around it if you must using tools. >> >> Now, regarding the VelocityValue, I personally don't think that it's >> appropriate for use in the Velocity core. However, I do think that it is >> interesting as a toolset that one could use in the context, so we should >> explore that if you want. >> >> I (and I am sure others) do appreciate your efforts in this area, and it >> would be great if we can find a way to make it available to the community. > > Ok, well I'm not going to start any battles. > > If someone can let me know when Velocity will be extended to be able to > support something like what I'm trying to do, with some kind of add-on > module rather than changing the core as I have done, then I'd really > appreciate it. You can help with that :) The thing to straighten out is the part about 'what you are trying to do'. What I mean by that is that you have a mental and working model of how things should work. I have a different point of view, looking at the VelValue class as something that can be used as a universal tool for comparison and valuation that would require no special changes to the core of Velocity. Others will have yet a different view. Somewhere among those points is the right answer. So don't give up. > I'll just absorb the 1.2 distribution in house and not concern myself with > trying to keep up with the development effort, as it appears to be working > fairly well for us as is. > > I was just trying to give back something. And please know that is recognized :) > However, I do appreciate the effort that created Velocity in the first place > and it certainly saved me the effort of coming up with something similar > from scratch. > > Best Regards, > > Will Hartung > ([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]>
