Re: if statements

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Sanford Redlich wrote:
> As a programmer I like using PHP syntax, since I already know it.
> 
> However, one requirement of the templates is to make it easy for designers
> to read and modify.  We're already asking them to learn the "{xxx}" syntax,
> and they'll prefer something that follows that for the familiarity and
> simplicity.
> 
> So I think your SmartTemplate syntax would be more consistent, simpler, and
> more comfortable for designers.  I'd go with SmartTemplate syntax.  
> 
> Doing that also has the advantage of making it implicitly clear that we're
> trying to separate code from HTML in the templates.

I had real problems trying to support {else} construct in SmartTemplate,
so that's why you didn't see it in example. I will have to brainstorm on
how easy/hard it will be to parse 'if' statements.

-Andrei

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