On Dec 30, 8:55 am, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd highly recommend watchinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tscMnoS4YU8in it > this *exact* question > comes up and Russ, Malcolm, and a few other people discuss the pros > and cons of adding new template tags/filters. > > Alex
Thanks, that's a useful link. The relevant portion starts at ~15:00 for those that are interested. But really, the sum total of that discussion with regards to truncate seemed to be: 1) truncate doesn't exist because it wasn't useful in Journalism 2) you can add it yourself 3) we cover 80/20 What it explicitly doesn't say is that there is a huge cost to having a new filter in core. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely agree on the 80/20 principle, and on that a clean and simple interface is hugely valuable. (The PHP mess is a clear counterpoint here) But I disagree that truncate is somehow an esoteric filter. RoR has it, Smarty has it, as do countless others, it just isn't that unusual. -Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
