[ic] nested tmp tags

Jon Jensen jon at endpoint.com
Sat Jun 7 22:54:08 UTC 2008


On Sat, 7 Jun 2008, Paul Jordan wrote:

>> From my understanding:
>> [tmpn] [/tmpn] means set variable on server only for this page and do
>> not interpolate anything inside.
>> [tmp] [/tmp] means set variable on server only for this page and
>> interpolate all ic code inside.
>> [set] [/set] means set variable on server for the entire session and do
>> not interpolate anything inside.
>> [seti] [/seti] means set variable on server for the entire session and
>> interpolate all ic code inside.
>> 
>> If I am wrong, please correct me.
> 
> You are right: http://www.interchange.rtfm.info/icdocs/tags/tmpn.html

As Peter said, the interpolate or not interpolate behavior of those tags 
is just a default and can be overridden, which may be a little confusing 
to the casual reader but can be useful.

> Also, IIRC Jon made a simle IClint like utility in the new distro for 
> simple ITL syntax checking:
> 
> http://www.icdevgroup.org/i/dev/news?mv_arg=00027
> 
> ...last bullet point on the page

That was actually by Greg Sabino Mullane; I just committed it. But yes, it 
should be helpful, and of course patches welcome if you find limitations 
in its checking.

Jon


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