[Zope3-Users] Re: Any performance issues with the macro attribute in the z3c:template directive?

[Jürgen Kartnaller]

Andreas Johnsen wrote:
> Hei all Zopers,
> 
> I find the macro parameter in the z3c:template very useful for working
> with templates for viewlets and pagelets. I guess it's slower to extract
> a html-snippet from within a page template file (by including a macro
> parameter) then including the entire page template file (by not
> including the macro parameter). 
> 
> So before implementing this technique on a large scale, I want to ask if
> anyone have experienced any performance issues with this technique?

No, there is no performance issue on this. The TAL engine compiles the 
hole template into memory and caches it. Accessing a macro is just a 
dictionary lookup.
We are using this technique in large projects.

Jürgen

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