Re: Feature request: printf

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Jeremy Blain wrote:

> I often find myself having to do:
> $m->print(sprintf('some pattern', $var1, $var2));
>
> It would be really nice to have $m->printf just as a shortcut.
>
> The function seems simple, and I would have submitted a patch,
> but the test kit was taking too long to wrap my head around, and
> I know you much prefer patches with tests.
>
> # Request.pm
> sub printf {
>    my $self = shift;
>    $self->print(sprintf(shift, @_));
> }

Is it that hard to do:

  <% sprintf( ... ) %>

?

Philosophically, I'm somewhat opposed to adding features that encourage 
people to use $m to generate output, since it inverts the normal sense of 
templates, and makes for messier templates.


-dave

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