RE: [htmltmpl] Confusion

2002-07-28 Thread Philip S Tellis
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Will wrote: > Suppose from the html I have to parameters coming in: "name"="will" > and "age"="20"... when they are passed to a script running both > CGI.pm and HTML::Template... can I then just use them anyway I want > simply by invoking param("name") or param("age") anywhe

RE: [htmltmpl] Confusion

2002-07-28 Thread Will
Cory said---> This is a feature, trust me. CGI::Application, and many other modules all have param( ) methods. This (for one) allows them to communicate with each other, (for two) lets us remember only one interface to objects. --- Hmmm... well, does the use of this feature (polymorphism) mean

RE: [htmltmpl] Confusion

2002-07-28 Thread Philip S Tellis
Sometime on Jul 28, Cory Trese assembled some asciibets to say: > This is a feature, trust me. CGI::Application, and many other > modules all have param( ) methods. This (for one) allows them to A feature called polymorphism. -- Regarding astral projection, Woody Allen once wrote, "This is

RE: [htmltmpl] Confusion

2002-07-28 Thread Cory Trese
This is a feature, trust me. CGI::Application, and many other modules all have param( ) methods. This (for one) allows them to communicate with each other, (for two) lets us remember only one interface to objects. To avoid confusion, name your objects well in your code. Maybe it is just us but

[htmltmpl] Confusion

2002-07-28 Thread Will
As I have been learning HTML::Template and CGI.pm... I found something a bit confusing, so maybe you good folks can help me clear it up... Both CGI.pm and HTML::Template have param() functions... so I am concerned about confusing the two... Any advice? Thanks, Will _