[ZPT] Deafening chirping of crickets

Tom Emerson tree at basistech.com
Fri Apr 18 17:36:01 EDT 2003


Evan Simpson writes:
[...]
> In Python:
> 
>   if A:
>       do A stuff
>   elif B:
>       do B stuff
>   else:
>       do something else
> 
> In TAL:
> 
>   <div tal:condition-group="g1">
>       <span tal:condition="g1 A">do A stuff</span>
>       <span tal:condition="g1 B">do B stuff</span>
>       <span tal:condition="g1 default">do something else</span>
>   </div>

This reminds me of the 'cond' macro in Lisp, without the named
group. It makes a lot of sense to me.

> Without condition-group, the TAL might need to be written:
> 
>   <span tal:condition="A">do A stuff</span>
>   <span tal:condition="python:not A and B">do B stuff</span>
>   <span tal:condition="python:not A and not B">do something else</span>

Been there, done that, and needed a shower afterwards.

    -tree

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Tom Emerson                                          Basis Technology Corp.
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