Hi,
I don't know what you mean by the vertical bar thing. Again, most MediaWiki
parser functions take either the form:
{{#function_name:a|b|c}}
...or:
{{#function_name:a=b|c=d|e=f}}
#cargo_declare takes the latter form; and the parameters can actually go in
any order.
-Yaron
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 5:22 PM, John McClure <jmccl...@hypergrove.com>
wrote:
> Hi Yaron,
> To the user, 'field_x' looks and acts like a named parameter.
> And to the user, _table is even more so a named parameter, as it is
> predefined by the extension.
> But to the user, this _table parameter appears to be missing a
> vertical-bar.
> And of course a vertical-bar *can* precede that name=value, but the
> documentation says not to have one.
> So it's a source of confusion, to the user.
>
> (As an aside, parameters with leading underscores are undesirable as well,
> as they're unconventional.)
> So a simple {{#cargo_declare: tablename}} would seem to be an easy
> solution.
> thanks/john
>
>
> On 3/31/2015 12:46 PM, Yaron Koren wrote:
>
> Actually, #cargo_declare follows the standard syntax for MediaWiki parser
> functions - usually, either all the parameters are named, or none of them
> are. #ask is an exception, and #subobject is the very rare exception where
> the first parameter is often blank (i.e., your last example).
>
> -Yaron
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:36 PM, John McClure <jmccl...@hypergrove.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The first parameter in the following syntax seems error-prone.
>>
>> {{#cargo_declare:
>> _table=table name
>> |field 1=field description 1
>> |field 2=field description 2
>> ...etc.
>> }}
>>
>> Normally mediawiki parser functions are either
>>
>> {#cargo_declare: table name
>> |field 1=field description 1
>> |field 2=field description 2
>> ...etc.
>> }}
>>
>> {#cargo_declare:
>> |_table=table name
>> |field 1=field description 1
>> |field 2=field description 2
>> ...etc.
>> }}
>>
>> I know/agree that{{#set}} is different.
>>
>
>
>
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>
>
> --
> thanks/john
> skype:hypergrove
>
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