On 12-02-13 02:34 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
>> Yes. The fundamental reason people do unspeakable things with
>> ParserFunctions is precisely so they don't need to go through a
>> gatekeeper. This is a feature, even if the ParserFunctions syntax
>> isn't.
>>
>
> This is one of the reasons we're starting on Lua support for templating;
> being able to use a real scripting language when it's called for, while
> keeping it sandboxed to avoid gatekeeping bottlenecks is going to be a big
> step up from (ab)using what was originally meant as a very simple
> substitution-based templating language to do the same things but really
> really hard.
>
> -- brion
{{qif}} happens when dev are unresponsive to the community, iirc.
Everyone involved had the best of intentions, but with different
visions, priorities... friction tends to result.
I am sure with hindsight and experience we will avoid some of the issues
faced (and largely overcome) in the past.
Amgine
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