[PEAK] PWT: layout, macros, parameters, etc.

Duncan McGreggor python at adytumsolutions.com
Tue Oct 19 16:52:37 EDT 2004


On Oct 19, 2004, at 3:15 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> I've now finished most everything I planned for peak.web this month, 
> except for the sitemap parser (the raw sitemap functionality is 
> implemented, just not the parser to activate the functionality from 
> XML) and the advanced facilities of the next-generation PWT language.

...

This promises to be quite interesting! I am greatly looking forward to 
experimenting with what you produce...

> One final question: /params or /args?  Which name makes more sense as 
> the place where you find the things your template has been called 
> with?  /params feels a bit more "right" to me, but /args is much 
> shorter to type while still conveying the same basic idea.
>
> Thoughts, anyone?

In my own docs and notes, I tend to use the word "parameters"... 
however, args does have the benefit of symmetry/similarity (thus 
familiarity) with sys.argv...

Duncan




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