Re: A WM brain bender

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?

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

Cheers

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