>>>>> "David" == David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
David> Here's how you'd display a perl hash as an HTML table ...
David> <table>
David> <tr>
David> <th>key</th>
David> <th>value</th>
David> </tr>
David> <perl>
David> foreach my $key (%hash) {
David> </perl>
David> <tr>
David> <td><em><perl>print $key</perl>:</em></td>
David> <td><perl>print $hash{$key}</perl></td>
David> </tr>
David> <perl>
David> }
David> </perl>
David> </table>
In TT, that'd be
<table>
<tr>
<th>key</th>
<th>value</th>
</tr>
[%
FOR key IN hash.keys
%]
<tr>
<td><em>[% key %]:</em></td>
<td>[% hash.key %]</td>
</tr>
[%
END
%]
</table>
I find that much easier to read. And I can even explain it (mostly :-)
to someone who doesn't know Perl.
You seem to be reinventing Mason, with a slightly different syntax
(<perl> .. </perl>, instead of <% .. %>). And that's why I hate Mason
now. There's no "mini-language" that I can teach a non-Perl-head to
help me with my pages. They must be exposed to ALL OF PERL for
anything non-trivial. Ugh.
David> Yes, you're right, I never got round to interpolating variables directly
David> into the HTML, but that would be REALLY trivial to add in, and I'll do it
David> if the lack of it annoys me enough. This is no different from the way
David> it would be done in any other templating system, the one difference being
David> that I was too lazy to invent my own little language and decided to use
David> perl instead.
But it's *soooo* close to Mason. Use that. Stop trying harder. :)
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