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On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Dave Porter <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Owen,
>
> Yes I saw where you were coming from - your comment was conceptual
> rather than syntactically defining !
>
> cheers Dave
>
> On Dec 5, 7:37 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I was just throwing that out of the top...not trying to be "Real "
> > hobo :-)
> >
> >   <preview-with-more with="&Recipe.recent(10)" />
> >
> > is a big step up....
> >
> > What I was trying to get at is that we need (and should strive for)
> > further encapsulation so that a wider audience can be MORE productive,
> > MORE quickly.
> >
> > Except for the limits of parsing technology, why even have the
> > ampersand? Shouldn't preview-with=more know that you are referring to
> > a model?
> >
> > Just my "devils-advocate' attitude.  I used tools int the 1980's that
> > were less obtuse.  Now we have Ruby and we can't go up a level?
> >
> > I am talking from the point of view of a designer and team lead and
> > coach, not a coder. Excuse my ranting. :-)
> >
> > -Owen
> >
> > On Dec 4, 3:06 pm, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Owen wrote:
> >
> > > > ...however, I hope we get to the point that the 100 top "simple"
> > > > things can be as easy as:
> >
> > > > <preview-with-more>
> > > >   <model:Recipe/>
> > > >   <count:10/>
> > > > </preview-with-more>
> >
> > > > ..which will use the default cards, etc.
> >
> > > Not to burst your bubble or anything, but I don't see a syntax like
> > > this in the future; embedding Ruby in attributes is way more powerful
> > > and concise. The above in current Hobo would be:
> >
> > > <preview-with-more with="&Recipe.recent(10)" />
> >
> > > Besides, the XML-ish example above would clash nastily with the
> > > current use of the colon, so you'd end up with a syntax more like:
> >
> > > <preview-with-more>
> > >    <model:>Recipe</model:>
> > >    <count:>10</count:>
> > > </preview-with-more>
> >
> > > I think that's even possible with the current syntax. On the other
> > > hand, if I wanted to write that much XML I'd go get a Java cert and do
>
> > > that instead... :)
> >
> > > --Matt Jones
>
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Owen

Owen Dall
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