[Zope] The new DTML syntax

Robin Becker robin@jessikat.demon.co.uk
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 18:02:59 +0100


In article <4.2.0.58.19990806174546.00dafeb0@lisp.atmm.nl>, Martijn
Pieters <mj@antraciet.nl> writes
>I have been using the new syntax for quite a while now. I have absolutely 
>no problem in filtering out the dtml- prefix, just like I won't have any 
>problems filtering out the z- prefix, or any other, _provided_ the prefix 
>ends in a hyphen! It would be much harder to filter out the prefix without 
>that clear delimiter.
>
>And no prefix would remove the possibility of defining our own dtml tags 
>arbitrarily, like <dtml-html>, or to recognize custom dtml-tags in code not 
>written by yourself. And believe me, I look at a lot of code written by others.
>
>I vote for a syntax where there is a prefix with a hyphen. Be it z- or 
>dtml-, it doesn't matter that much to me in typing effort.
at least make it a lower case delimiter on my kbd - is lower, but : is
upper.
-- 
Robin Becker