Re: [WebMacro-user] New #eval directive available

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

Endre Stølsvik wrote:

>On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Keats Kirsch wrote:
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>| I posted the new #eval directive last night, along with a couple of unit
>| tests for the new functionality.  I'll try to update the Wiki page soon.
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>| In a nutshell, you can now use Strings containing WMScript, instead of
>| Templets or other Macros, with #eval.  E.g.,
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>| [#eval "\$a \$b" using { "a":"Foo", "b":"Bar" }]
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>| would expand to:
>|
>| [Foo Bar]
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>| If you leave off the "using" clause, the current context will be used, e.g.,
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>| #set $a="Foo"
>| #set $b="Bar"
>| [#eval "\$a \$b"]
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>| would give the same result as above.
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>What if I'd like a mix? I want the current context (copied), but I want to
>"override" this and this and this variable? I see this as an immediate
>useful feature.
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You have two choices: use the $OutVars with a new context, or set and 
restore the variables in the current context.  (I want to keep things as 
simple as possible.)

Cheers.

Keats

>Regards,
>Endre,
>
>(PS: Dear developers: remember that there is also a possibility of a 2.1,
>2.2 etc.. 2.0 won't -ever- come out, will it?!)
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