Currently the new map syntax creates hashtables/maps
with the Map interface of:
Object put(Object k, Object v)
This is problematic in templates as:
#set $map.Value = "oooops!"
Will output:
oooops!
In the template output! We must fix this, it is not useful
like this. I propose either:
1. a non-Map implementation with put that does not
return anything. I think a much simpler non-Java
interface would be better (i.e. getPropertyNames(),
getPropertyValues(), getPropertyValue(pname),
getCount(), get(pname) and put (pname).
2. a Map implementation that proxies to the real Map
implementation, returning "" from all put methods. Seems
wasteful and inefficient.
3. a binary accessor: void set(key, value) added to a
class that derives from Hashtable - but this relies on
binary accessor logic in POC picking it up BEFORE put().