RE: [Mantisbt-dev] RE: RE: Echo vs Print (resubmitted)

[Victor B. <vi...@fu...>]

Hi Steve/all,

> In an earlier email, Ken said that he's keen to do the print() -> echo
> conversion once the code freeze has happend. Is this still the case?
If
> so, instead of doing all that work, why not just implement the Smarty
> Template system at that point instead? 

I agree.  I am actually very keen about the move to templates.  I think
it will make the code much cleaner + add a lot of flexibility when it
comes customizing the look and the fields on each page.

> From what I've seen, it will require people to go through the whole
code
> base and change the print to echo's, and then at some time in the
> future, you'll do it all over again to change to templates. 

I assume this was going to be done via a script, or a "Replace in files"
feature which replaces the strings on all files in one directory tree.
But I would rather if we skip this since it makes applying old patches
harder!

Regards,
Victor