https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26092
--- Comment #22 from Alex Z. <mrzmanw...@gmail.com> 2011-01-05 01:29:07 UTC --- (In reply to comment #21) > (In reply to comment #20) > > I'm referring to the string hacks. I'm aware that the cite templates are > > slow. > > However, while the Obama article uses nearly 200 different templates, none > > of > > them appear to to be in [[Category:String manipulation templates]], which > > would > > be the ones improved by string parser functions. > > StringFunctions and any similar implementation are pretty much outright banned > and Rich has pivoted the conversation toward taking a more holistic approach > to > resolving this bug. His point was that a new wiki templating system would be > faster. My point is that it's important when discussing a more holistic > approach to note that it isn't just string manipulation that makes rendering > slow as shit. The entire recursive brace substitution scheme is awful. If > something like > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Citation/core&action=edit> > could be rewritten in a sane language, it would undoubtedly improve rendering > time of large pages _and_ allow for extra goodies like string manipulation. > One > can dream. Oh, yes. On that I totally agree. The current system is not only slow, its ugly and difficult to use. Just a separation between control statements and I/O would go a long way, making crap like [[Template:!]] unnecessary. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
