On 11/29/05, Medium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Robert Wittams wrote:
>
> >Medium wrote:
> >
> >>4. Can we change the template {{ variable }} to something like
> >>${variable} I don't mind the {% %} but {%starttag%}{{var}}{%endtag%}......
> >
> >You can assume this is not going to change, it would break too much for
> >very little benefit. I guess you could monkey patch
> >django.core.template.VARIABLE_TAG_START and
> >django.core.template.VARIABLE_TAG_END if you wanted to. It would be kind
> >of silly though.
> >
> You're right about the little benefit, but this syntax ${var} or $var is
> very widely used in many template solutions across all languages and
> provides a level of familiarity to most template users. Easier migration
> and therefore wider adoption may prove a benefit which isn't as obvious now.
I'm sorry, but I can't help but think that a user who is skilled
enough to be comfortable with a alternate but not-wildly-different
syntax, yet who would face major difficulties adjusting to Django's
syntax, has other problems than the syntax at hand. :-) FWIW, I
actually find Django's template syntax easier to read and use than
dollar-sign based syntax (which in turn feels alien and Perl-ish to
me).
