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Sandro Martini commented on PIVOT-960:
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Hi Roger,
now I think your last proposal is better because $name is good but for variable 
substitution in a specific context (inside a delimited string or a page tag) 
... but if it's not a problem I'd prefer the ${name} , as you said aligned with 
Ant syntax, and aligned with tag in jsp/other web pages.


> Implement simple macro system in JSONSerializer
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PIVOT-960
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIVOT-960
>             Project: Pivot
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: core-json
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.4
>         Environment: All
>            Reporter: Roger Whitcomb
>            Assignee: Roger Whitcomb
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 2.1
>
>         Attachments: 960.patch
>
>
> It occurred to me since we are using JSON style sheets to style our 
> application, and it is getting quite big, that a macro system (maybe similar 
> to C/C++ with #define or something similar) would be useful, especially for 
> repeated colors, and other constants (like padding values, fonts, etc.)  This 
> would enable using custom values consistently while avoiding inconsistencies 
> due to typos or changes introduced one place and not others.
> I was thinking of a simple
> #define NAME value
> as in C/C++, and then using $(NAME) as the substitution token.  This is 
> easily implemented in JSONSerializer.
> I'm open to suggestions for the syntax, but I believe the feature will be 
> very useful, especially for the JSON stylesheet.



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