RE: [Templates] is it a feature or a bug?

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In short:

Successful use of "side-effect" conditional notation in an assignment
statement mandates the inclusion of the (typically optional) SET
directive:=20

	[% SET foo =3D [] IF 1 %]

Ok, so maybe that wasn't so short, but you get the idea...

-Jason

Josh Rosenbaum wrote:
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> See:
> http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs/plain/Manual/Syntax.html
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> Section: Capturing Block Output
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> Quote:
> --------------------------------
> Note one important caveat of using this syntax in conjunction with=20
> side-effect notation. The following directive does not behave=20
> as might=20
> be expected:
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>      [% var =3D 'value' IF some_condition %]
> --------------------------------
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> Check the page for the rest.
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> -- Josh
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> qbxk wrote:
> > so i was getting confused but i think i understand now,=20
> what i don't=20
> > understand is whether this is expected behavior:
> > ala:
> >=20
> > [% foo =3D [] IF 1 %]
> > [% USE Dumper; Dumper.dump(foo) %]
> > prints:  $VAR1 =3D 'ARRAY(0x206cd7f4)'  (prints some such, of=20
> course it=20
> > varies)
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> > when
> > [% baz =3D [] %]  (or perhaps: [% IF 1 %][% baz =3D [] %][% END %] )
> > [% USE Dumper; Dumper.dump(baz) %]
> > prints:  $VAR1 =3D []
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> > thanks.
> >=20
> > peace,
> > -b
> > qbxk@xxxxxx.xxx
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> > (shameless plug: template-toolkit in heavy use and advertised here:=20
> > http://www.uvm.edu/wruv/?action=3Dinfo&pg=3Dthanks )
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