[ZPT] Deafening chirping of crickets

[Shane Hathaway]

Evan Simpson wrote:
> It provides if-elif-else functionality, but is more flexible and general 
> than usual language constrcuts of this sort, since the association among 
> the condition statements is name-based, not syntax-based.
> 
> I can't think of a meaningful motivating example to show the value of 
> this difference off the top of my head, so here's an arbitrary example 
> of what's possible:
> 
> <div tal:condition-group="group1;group2">
>   <span tal:condition="group1 cond11">g1: 1</span>
>   <span tal:condition="group2 cond21">g2: 1</span>
>   <span tal:condition="group2 cond22">g2: 2</span>
>   <span tal:condition="group1 cond12">g1: 2</span>
>   <span tal:condition="python:not (group1 or group2)">Neither</span>
>   <span tal:condition="group1 default">g1: no choice</span>
>   <span tal:condition="group2 default">g2: no choice</span>
> </div>
> 
> It will, of course, be much more common to do simple 2- or 3-way choices 
> within a single group.

I think I get it... the Python equivalent would be something like this:

group1 = 1
if group1 and cond11:
     group1 = 0
     print "g1: 1"
if group2 and cond21:
     group2 = 0
     print "g2: 1"
if group2 and cond22:
     group2 = 0
     print "g2: 2"
if group1 and cond12:
     group1 = 0
     print "g1: 2"
if not (group1 or group2):
     print "Neither"
if group1:
     group1 = 0
     print "g1: no choice"
if group2:
     group2 = 0
     print "g2: no choice"

This strikes me as quite difficult to explain.  Something like 
"tal:switch" and "tal:case" would be much easier to explain.

<div tal:switch="somevariable">
   <span tal:case="string:A">do A stuff</span>
   <span tal:case="string:B">do B stuff</span>
   <span tal:case="default">do something else</span>
</div>

However, I agree with Jamie that speed is a more pressing concern.

Shane