On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 15:10 -0600, Peter Speltz wrote: > Often I need the display_columns list minus a few specific columns > that, say , I already have values for and do not want displayed in > the traditional way. Same for list columns. > Currently, throughout my app I just type a new list with the columns I > want. Not only is this a lot of typing but if a column gets deleted > from a table , I have to go delete it from several lists scattered > throughout several files. What I really want to say is > , if you could subtract a list from another list, ( I pretty sure you > can do this in Ruby and I will check )
Absolutely! This is where the simplistic idea of writing individual templates for individual views breaks down. > @wanted = $class->display_columns - (qw/col_I_dont_want col2.../); > > So I am tring to dream up a decent interface to specify this in Maypole. > Above would be beautiful. Perhaps display_columns could return an > Object that behaves like a list except you can add and subtract from > it. I don't know if there's a CPAN module for this but there ought to be. List::Arithmetic ? Cheers, Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Maypole-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maypole-users
