<ww:property value="'firstHalf' + secondHalf"/>
I have to agree that the ${} syntax makes this easier.... Especially where you want to
put in single quotes (see the indexed property example I just added tonight) and
yet... It's too much to change.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew McAuliffe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 11:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] OGNL madness - evaluated tag attributes
>
>
> What about
>
> <ww:property value="firstHalf${secondHalf}"/>
>
> ? The advantage of the velocity-style escaped syntax is that
> it allows for more flexibility, so that the whole thing
> doesn't have to get evaluated.
>
> Also, what about tags where what could be displayed might be
> evaluated in some cases, but might not in others? How can you
> build that logic into the framework so it knows whether to be
> evaluated or not? I think the question is not whether we
> should always evaluate or not, because that question has been
> answered already by use of the "triple-quoting"; it has been
> decided that it is more flexible to allow for values to be
> passed into tag attributes that _can_ be evaluated against
> the stack but don't always have to be. I agree with that
> approach. The question I'm raising is regarding the way the
> syntax of those values is structured. I just don't like the
> triple-quote approach.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of boxed
> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 2:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] OGNL madness - evaluated tag attributes
>
> Drew McAuliffe wrote:
>
> >I agree, and I think that it should be the ${} syntax. The reason I
> >like the optional syntax is solely for backwards compatibility.
> >
> >
> I don't see why you are using java if you prefer that way of
> writing personally.
>
> Let's compare the alternaitves:
> <ww:property value="name"/>
> <ww:property value="${name}"/>
>
> Am I wrong in assuming that simple usage of the variables is
> the most common thing in the WW EL? Because if it is then
> implementing a more verbose syntax for it is
> counterproductive. The rule of thumb is to make the most
> common actions simple and intuitive and there is nothing
> intuitive about the ${} syntax.
>
> Anders Hovm�ller
>
>
>
>
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