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[Dieter Maurer]

Jay, Dylan writes:
 > Here's a feature I just submitted to the collector.
 > 
 > It seems to me that a few tweaks to the dtml-if syntax would be beneficial
 > something like the following would certainly clean up some of the logic I
 > end up writing.
 > 
 > <dtml-if X>
 >  <a href="a_url">
 > <dtml-always>
 >  link text
 > <dtml-else>
 >  (no link currently available)
 > <dtml-then>
 >  </a>
 > </dtml-if>
 > 
 > What do people think? I've not implemented it but I wouldn't imagine its
 > very hard.
I am not in favor. It is only slightly shorter/more readable
than the standard solution but requires two additional keywords.

In standard Zope, your example reads:

<dtml-if X>
  <a href="a_url">
</dtml-if>
link text
<dtml-if X>
  </a>
<dtml-else>
  (no link available)
</dtml-if>


Dieter