Michael Daly wrote:
> Chad wrote:
>
>> Unless we plan on trying to mass-convert not only years of old revisions
>> but change years-old behavior that millions of users have come to expect?
>> I would expect _any_ change to keep {{sometemplate}} always working,
>> even if the mechanics behind it change.
>
> Why not switch the template syntax for articles to match the syntax for
> tags (which in turn is based on XML or whatever syntax that comes from
> ultimately)?
For the meantime, assume there will be no changes whatsoever in how
markup in article space is written. A hypothetical change to template
invocation syntax is unrelated to how templates are implemented, and
clouds the current discussion.
-- brion
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