[web-devel] Interpolation character in Julius

[Michael Snoyman]

Yes, we use the percent sign now.

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Max Cantor <mxcantor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you ever make a decision about this?  Will the new hamlet syntax affect this?
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> Max
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> On Aug 24, 2010, at 2:12 AM, Michael Snoyman wrote:
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>> Hamlet, Cassius and (currently) Julius all use a consistent set of characters for interpolation. The dollar sign ($) is for plain scalars, the at sign (@) is for URLs and the caret (^) is for embedding other templates (mixins in the case of Cassius). I like this consistency.
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>> Unfortunately, in the case of Julius, the dollar sign is a suboptimal character to use since jQuery uses is so extensively. Currently, to write some simple jQuery Javascript such as:
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>> $("h1").hide()
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>> you have to use a double dollar sign to achieve escaping, namely:
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>> $$("h1").hide()
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>> So the questions to the list are:
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>> * Is it worth trading consistency for a better choice of interpolation character?
>> * If so, what would be a more optimal interpolation character? I think percent sign (%) might be acceptable.
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>> Interpolation is not as important in Julius as it is in Hamlet, so I'm beginning to lean towards replacing the character.
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>> Michael
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