proposal for "last" support

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proposal for "last" support

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I find Jeffery's arguments (from google groups) pretty compelling here; I think 
we'll
pass on implementing this functionality.

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Jeffrey Yasskin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: proposal for "last" support
To: google-ctemplate <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-To: [email protected]                                     


On Aug 31, 1:06 am, zealsoft <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm happy that there is a new feature, "separator" sections, is added
> to the latest version. I want a similar section call "last", which is
> only shown in the last section.
>
> I currently write a C code generator using CTemplate. I wish my
> template looks like following:
>
> {{#CODE_SEC}}
> {{#CODE_SEC_seperator}} case {{CASE_NUMBER}}:{{/CODE_SEC_seperator}}

Note that this won't include the case ##: header on the first
iteration of the section -- probably not what you want. You need some
unconditional text at the beginning of the section, not a separator.

> {{#CODE_SEC_last}}default:{{/CODE_SEC_last}}
>
> ...
>
> {{/CODE_SEC}}

What would you put into CODE_SEC that would work for both ordinary
cases and the default: case? Usually defaults are enough different
that you couldn't use the same template variables anyway, and you
should instead put some text just after the section.

I'd be worried that if this gets implemented ("Put some text between
the last and second to last iterations of a section"), there'd also be
another request for "put some text between the first and second
iterations", and another for "put some text on every even section
boundary", and ....

Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Sep 2008 at 7:34

• Changed state: WontFix
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect