Re: if statements

I think ifs are somewhat evil.  The same could be done with:

Your search found {products_total} {match_plural}.

Thus, the plurality logic remains in the PHP code.  One argument against
this is that it does not internationalize well.
I don't have a good answer for that offhand.

-dan

Andrei Zmievski wrote:

> Perhaps, the general feeling is that 'if' statements in templates are
> bad. Here's how they are useful though (taken from a template written
> using SmartTemplate class):
>
>         <i>Your search found {products_total}
>
>         {if: products_total != 1}
>                 matches.
>         {/if}
>         {if: products_total = 1}
>                 match.
>         {/if}
>         </i>
>
> To do this using only dynamic sections would make it look something
> like this:
>
>     <i>Your search found {products_total}
>
>     {section: products_total_is_1}
>         matches.
>     {/if}
>     {section: products_total_is_more_than_1}
>         match.
>     {/if}
>         </i>
>
> Then the developer would need to explicitly hide one of the sections.
> And what if there is another place on the page where some output will
> depend on where products_total is greater than 5, for example? Another
> effort on part of developer is needed.
>
> So, what are your thoughts? Are 'if' statements good or evil?
>
> -Andrei
>
> Nobody tried to design Windows - it just grew in random
> directions without any kind of thought behind it.

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