"Platonides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
>> I don't do this on page view (in the <data> tag handler), as it is a
>> relatively expensive operation to clear out the old entries and reparse 
>> the
>> data tags, and the data will not have changed, so it is not necessary.
>
> Why not rely on default MediaWiki caching to avoid it? Or check the
> page_touched field.
>
>> So instead I re-parse it whenever the data changes (save/undelete/etc.).
>
> What about
> <data>
> name={{username|Jim}}
> age=20
> </data>
>
> Are you reparsing when Template:username changes?
>
> You're reimplementing too much MediaWiki behavior. There must be a
> better way :-)

I agree with that statement entirely... that's why I'm posting here! ;-)

- Mark Clements (HappyDog) 



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