[ZPT] TAL Macro Parameters

Dieter Maurer dieter at handshake.de
Fri May 23 21:18:27 EDT 2003


Shane Hathaway wrote at 2003-5-22 16:19 -0400:
 > Ken and I brainstormed a way to solve a problem with METAL.  METAL 
 > macros often need parameters, but the language does not support them. 
 > Here is our proposal:
 > 
 > http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/MacroParameters
 > 
 > Comments are welcome.  To avoid cross-posting, Wiki comments are 
 > preferred over email comments.

A really good idea!

Without explicite parameters it is almost impossible to document
the requirements for macro users.

It would be a good idea, too, to provide some way to
document macros, their parameters and their slots.
The documentation should not be rendered.


Dieter



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