[htmltmpl] Locale::Maketext vs Locale::MakePhrase [was: HTML::Template and Locale::Maketext]

[Mathew R. <mat...@re...>]

> For example you could use {{ ... }} to hide <TMPL_VAR =
EXPR=3Dmaketext('...')>. This could yield to:
>
>     <p>{{We have [quant,_1,visitor] today,, visitor_count}}></p> =
</body>


The syntax of:

    We have [quant,_1,visitor] today

was one of the my dislikes of Locale::Maketext.

Locale::Maketext assumes that the programmer knows:
a) the method to call; this case 'quant' (is there ever any other method =
to call?)
b) that _1 applies to the word 'visitor' - in reality the sales =
department may not like the wording that was chosen by the programmer.

It also compile-caches the result so that the only way to change the =
value, it to re-start the Perl interpreter.


With Locale::MakePhrase, it contains an expression engine so that the =
translator can do the equivalent of:

   _1 =3D=3D 0    : "No visitors"
   _1 =3D=3D 1    : "Only one visitor"
   ...

ie: it scarifices CPU cycles, to allow the expressions to be changed at =
runtime.

Mathew