[Zope3-dev] Re: tal:define="..." considered harmful?

[Tres Seaver]

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Tonico Strasser wrote:

> I'm interested in your opinion about parameters for macros.
> 
> Do you think this is explicit enough?:
> 
> <ul tal:define="list main_navigation">
>   <li metal:use-macro="macros/li_repeat"/>
> </ul>
> 
> Or do you think explicit parameters would make things clearer?:
> 
> <ul>
>   <li metal:use-macro="macros/li_repeat"
>       metal:with-params="list main_navigation"/>
> </ul>

I don't favor "explict arguments" for macros, becaued I don't think they
are functions.  I normally document the "expected names" in a comment in
the supplying template (outside the macro itself).


Tres.
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