On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:09:12AM -0600, Rob Nagler wrote:
> > [% FILTER font('my_first_name_font') %]
> > ... some text, possibly with other template directives in it...
> > [% END %]
>
> One of the reasons Perl is popular is its idioms. Having to say
> something in three lines is not as idiomatic as one line. It takes a
> lot of discipline to use it everywhere. In other words, I don't think
> the above is more comfortable than:
>
> String(['User.first_name'], 'my_first_name_font');
So write it that way:
[% String(user.first_name, my_first_name_font) %]
Just define the 'String' template variable to be a reference to your
'String' sub.
I do agree with what you're saying, however. Perl is good, so don't
try and replace it with a markup language.
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