Re: Tag execution context Q? (was Re: Programmatic parents?)

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:49:33 +0200, "Iwan Vosloo" <[email protected]> said:
> Another strange question...  I understand that a tag definition is like
> a function definition; where you use it is like a method call.  The
> attributes of the tag "call" are passed into the definition from the
> calling scope.  So you won't be able to reference variables in the
> calling scope from inside a tag definition other than what was "passed
> in" via the tag attributes.
> 
> Assuming this understanding is correct:
> Do you have anything like tag-macros of inline-tags:  A tag which, upon
> spyce compilation just results in the tag's definition being expanded in
> place in the code where it gets executed in the calling context.
> Analogous to a static include, but using the tag syntax?

Nope.

There's a good reason God invented namespaces. :)

-Jonathan
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