Hi -- On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Jens Wille <jens.wi...@uni-koeln.de> wrote:
> David Black [2011-07-20 21:08]: > > What's odd is that both behaviors seem to happen: the Ruby > > variables being bound to the literal GEO strings, and the Ruby > > variables being bound to the ESI interpolations of those strings. > no, it's not. the ruby variables are replaced with the string values > you initialized them with - in *both* places. the ESI processing > kicks in *after* that (it operates on what the application sends as > HTML response; just like SSI in principle). so there's nothing > unusual going on at all. it's just that both processors (ruby/erb > and ESI) operate in the opposite order than you seem to have assumed > What I'm not seeing is why this: CITIES[state][city] doesn't undergo the same evaluation/interpolation as this: <%= state %> Whatever happens, I would expect "state" to end up representing the same thing every time, instead of representing the string "CT" at one point and the string "$(GEO{'region_code'})" at another point. Why doesn't the EIS processing ensure that we get CITIES["CT"]["NEWHAVEN"]? > but now that you found a different solution this is all moot, of > course ;) True :-) except I hate letting things slip away without fully understanding them. David -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- The Ruby training with Black/Brown/McAnally Compleat Stay tuned for next event! Rubyist http://www.compleatrubyist.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.