[Zope] Deprecation of <dtml-var "">?

Paul Everitt paul@digicool.com
Mon, 29 May 2000 10:04:00 -0400


Suggestion: lobby Brian Lloyd about this.  As Chris mentioned, reducing
the "coefficient of complexity" is something he and I are focused on.

Shorthand notations are convenient, but when they get inconsistent, you
wind up with the other P language. :^)

--Paul

Chris Withers wrote:
> 
> Kevin Dangoor wrote:
> >     Or, how about a <dtml-expr> tag (which could even start out as a simple
> > synonym for <dtml-var>) so that people won't be confused about what is
> > python and what is a variable lookup with the special calling properties.
> 
> This is a great idea :-)
> 
> New------------  Old-------------------------------
> <dtml-var x>     <dtml-var x> <dtml-var name="x">
> <dtml-expr "x">  <dtml-var expr="x"> <dtml-var "x">
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 
> PS: didn't Paul Everitt comment on this in the Perl thread?
> 
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