Re: accessing template variables in perl code

On 11/8/13 10:54 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
> I expect my brain is fried and I'm doing it all wrong, but I'd
> appreciate advice about how to access template variables in perl code.
>
> I have a perl function that retrieves some data and returns it. I've put
> the function in the stash so I can call it in a template. It needs to
> decide what data to retrieve based on the name of the template, among
> other things. Is there a way it can access the template.name directly,
> to avoid having to pass the value as an argument every time?
>
> Or a better way to approach the problem?
>

Sounds like you should make a plugin instead, then call the plugin; that 
plugin will be able to access the context(), stash(), and other 
interesting stuff.

-F