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[Jim Fulton]

Paul Everitt wrote:
> 

(snip)

> > It would be helpful to make hideuosness a little more specific.
> 
> Good point.
> 
> > What makes it hideous?  Is it the noice characters? (!--#)
> > Is it the number of shift characters?  Is it the fact that
> > DTML don't look like other tags?  Is it the tag in an attribute
> > problem mentioned above?
> 
> I'd say, in order:
> 
(snip)
> 3) When something interesting requires the expr machinery, you can only
> do one expression per line.  (Note that this complaint isn't slated to
> be solved by a syntax change in DTML, just that it is a common
> complaint).

Do you mean only one line per expression?  You can have multiple expressions
per line *and* have multiple lines per expression::

  <!--#var "x+1"--><!--#var "x+2"--><!--#var "x+
      2+
      3"-->

Jim

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