On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Raymond B. wrote:
> For a test a bunch of us changed our tmpl parser to relect these shortened
> versions:
No need to change the parser - just use a filter!
> <tmpl_var name="foo"> <~foo~>
> <tmpl_loop name="bar"> <_loop name="bar"></_loop>
> <tmpl_if name="baz"> <_if name="baz">
> <tmpl_include name="foo/bar.baz"> <_include name="foo/bar.baz">
Wow, I must admit - that's the strangest set I've seen yet! What is that
underscore doing there? Regarless, it's a very simple filter:
$t = HTML::Template->new(filename => 'foo.tmpl',
filter => sub { $$_[0] =~ s/<~(.*?)~>/<tmpl_var name="$1">/g;
$$_[0] =~ s/<_(.*?)>/<tmpl_$1>/g; });
> Now don't get me wrong, I love HTML::Template and it's already saved many
> hours (and probably my sanity). In fact the seperation philosophy means I
> can use it for more than just HTML. The purpose of this is more to see your
> reasoning behind choosing as you did.
The reasoning was simple - I thought that the syntax should be as close to
normal HTML as possible. I felt this would lower the learning curve for
designers with no programming experience. I don't believe for a moment
that I've discovered the ONE TRUE template syntax, but I generally find it
serviceable.
-sam
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