Re: comments trump newline?

Okay, I did more experiments, and I got even more confused. :(

Example1 template:
ONE
<#-- c1 -->
<#nt>
<#-- c2 -->
THREE

Example1 output:
ONE
THREE

Example2 template:
ONE
<#-- c1 -->
X<#-- c2  -->
<#-- c3 -->
THREE

Example2 output:
ONE
XTHREE

So <#nt> has no effect? and what happens in Example2?

Thanks,
-Z

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Zemian Deng <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 with Daniel.
>
> Hello Jonathan,
> Yes I can use <#ftl strip_whitespace=false>, but that affect the
> entire template, and I only have problem for that single new line
> space.
>
> I have to say this expected behavior is a bit confusing. If you say
> "Whitespace between non-outputting elements (comments among them) is
> stripped. ", then to me, it's white-space that are enclosed will be
> striped, but  a  well defined separated two non-outputting elements.
>
> For example if I have these
> <#if cond>
>
> </#if>
>
> or even this
> <#-- c1
>
> -->
>
> Then the whitespace is stripped is WHAT I expected, but this
> <#-- c1 -->
>
> <#-- c2 -->
>
> Shouldn't strip my whitespace in between.
>
> This is just my feedback as user.
>
> -Z
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Daniel Dekany <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 10:14:24 AM, Jonathan Revusky wrote:
>>
>>> This is the expected behavior, unless your template begins with something like
>>> <#ftl strip_whitespace=false>
>>>
>>> Whitespace between non-outputting elements (comments among them) is
>>> stripped.
>>
>> I hope you don't keep this behavior with comments in 2.4. A comment
>> should not influence the output in any way, except that the whitespace
>> in its own line should be removed if the comment is the only thing in
>> that line (beside whitespace).
>>
>>> Also, the whitespace on a line that contains only non-outputting
>>> elements is ignored.
>>
>> Except that for user-defined FTL tags you don't know which is
>> outputting, so it's not entirely true.
>>
>>> JR
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Zemian Deng <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi list,
>>>>
>>>> I have this template:
>>>>
>>>> ONE
>>>> <#-- comment here -->
>>>> TWO
>>>> <#-- -->
>>>> THREE
>>>> =====
>>>> ONE
>>>> <#-- comment here -->
>>>>
>>>> <#-- -->
>>>> THREE
>>>>
>>>> And I get this output:
>>>> ONE
>>>> TWO
>>>> THREE
>>>> =====
>>>> ONE
>>>> THREE
>>>>
>>>> Should I be getting a empty line above the second THREE? I tried with
>>>> multiple empty lines between comments, and they all get stripped out.
>>>> Is this expected?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Z
>>>>
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>> Best regards,
>>  Daniel Dekany
>>
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