Re: [htmltmpl] Leaving tmp_var intact inside template

[city c. <cit...@ho...>]

> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:13:58 -0400> Subject: Re: [htmltmpl] Leaving tmp_var intact inside template> > city crew wrote:> > > 2. store template output into a scalar and to a regexp subst on the > > scalar before printint that to the file.> > > > my $templateRef = $template->output;> > $templateRef =~ s/&lt;TMPL_/<TMPL_/g;> > print TEMP $templateRef;> > > > As I am writing this I think I'm going to go with solution 2 as it > > outputs the file and doesn't require any filter on loading the second > > template.> > We do something similar to your #2. We use a slightly more obvious > syntax though. We use <TMPL_VAR> for things that are being loaded on the > first pass and <DYN_VAR> for things on the 2nd pass.
I like that, I was experimenting with !TMPL_VAR but yours seems more semantically appealing. (I'm practicing my impressive technical speak there...)
 
> > Just FYI, I've heard this technique named a couple of different things, > in case you want to impress anyone :) It's usually called "2 pass > templating" or "Write-thru cache templating".
 
Nice! I'll try impress my wife with "Write-thru cache templating", maybe I'll get lucky. =o)
 
Grant
> > -- > Michael Peters> Plus Three, LP> 
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