Re: [WebMacro-user] A WM brain bender

[Keats K. <ke...@xa...>]

Marc Palmer wrote:

> Keats Kirsch wrote:
>
>> Continuing the conversation with myself ...
>>
>> Another interesting option would be to change the #eval directive to 
>> work with Strings as well as Macros.  (I would automatically convert 
>> the String to a StringMacro).  This would be a simple change.  The 
>> only downside is that it might make it a bit harder to catch some 
>> errors.
>>
>> Then you could simply say:
>>
>> #eval $content.Data using { "contextData": $someData }
>>
>> This is kind of cool.  You could even do stuff like:
>>
>> #eval "Hello, $userName" using { "userName": $User.Name }
>
>
> That would be the cleanest of them all. #eval was the first thing I 
> tried.
>
> However, is there a shortcut for #eval to make it pass in the caller's 
> context, so you don't have to pass all the stuff in?

As documented on the Wiki pages, you can access variables from the 
callers context via the $OuterVars reference. 

You can also evaluate a templet (or any Macro) directly in the current 
context, e.g.,

#templet $t { Hello $User }
$t

This would work for your String case however, since you wouldn't have a 
Macro reference.  You'd be back to converting the string to a Macro first.

We could create a new option on #templet or #setblock, or a new 
directive like #stemplet to handle this, or fix the $Template tool as 
mentioned before.  Or maybe a $toTemplet function would fit the bill?

Keats

> I know, it's less safe... but we live in an imperfect world ;-)
>
> Cheers
>