On 04/24/2013 02:01 PM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
>
> Well, my baby ;-)
> I just fixed bugs and security holes...
>
the same for me about Rivet, still I consider it my baby after almost 6
years...
> I like dictionaries everywhere so I am in favour to that.
>
> Personally, I would prefer with a new start featuring:
> - a new load_variables which returns a dict and handles lists and
> scalars in a more beautiful way. I don't like the "__X"-members to
> indicate "X" be a list.
you mean a replacement for 'load_response'? If it's a different name we
may well introduce a new Tcl command and call it load_variables (also
load_qs,load_post,load_all would be good, reproducing in the naming the
same difference var_qs,var_post and var have for single parameters)
> - A rewrite of form2 which uses dicts everywhere and does not require
> incrtcl. The use of dicts will simplify all places where are arrays used
> so far...
>
argh, you're killing me on this, I developed an affection over Itcl
after all these years. I'm kidding, I did very good projects based on
Itcl, but it's OK if we move on to TclOO. Do you have something
different in mind?
> If a "dict-parameter way" is added, this adds an additional redundant
> parameter interface.
>
> What is the definition ?
>
> select wn -labels {L1 L2 L3} -values {V1 V2 V3}
>
> will use dict:
>
> set dP [dict create\
> -labels {L1 L2 L3} \
> -values {V1 V2 V3} ]
>
when several select are in a form it's disturbing that you have to
carry around several lists suggesting their association following
conventions in the naming while you could just enforce the mapping
value->label in a single dictionary.
I have select inputs whose data are built from queries to a database.
In the whole picture it would be nice if also the database interface
could be able to return a dictionary. It doesn't change the basic facts
about form, just provides a nice interface for passing parameters by
value in a single object while keeping coherent the way they're handled
in the code
select wn \
-dictionary [$dbobj dictionary "select key,value from table where..."]
> and will be called:
>
> select wn -dictionary $dP
>
> which will be equivalent to:
>
> select wn {*}$dP
>
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