[htmltmpl] Re: HTML::Template::Compiled compatibility analyzed

[Mark S. <ma...@su...>]

On 2005-12-24, Octavian Rasnita <ora...@fc...> wrote:
> I have tried HTML::Template::Compiled and I found a bug in it some time ago.
> I have asked about it on some mailing lists, but with no helpful answer, so
> I have decided to use HTML::Template.
>
> I was also impressed by the speed of HTML::Template::Compiled and by that
> feature of accessing global vars using the dot notation.
>
> But the problem was that HTML::Template::Compiled use to keep the data in
> memory, and show it to the next page visitor.
>
> I have tried to undef the vars all over the places but with no results.
> After I have changed HTML::Template::Compiled with HTML::Template, all the
> issues disappeared.

Thanks for the feedback Octavian. If you remember enough details, please
submit a bug report about it:

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=HTML-Template-Compiled

> Tina Mueller, the author of HTML::Template::Compiled wrote on a mod_perl
> mailing list that HTML::Template::Compiled is not production ready and that
> her module might have some "copy-on-write" issues and that it needs more
> tests...

I agree it needs some refinement. For example, I would like for methods and
hashrefs both use the dot notation, like TT. 

I'm using HTML::Template today, and am interesting to contributing to
make it production-worthy in the future.  

Tina has given me CVS commit access to help that make that happen.

If others are interested to improve it, I think Tina will be receptive
based on own experience. 

    Mark

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