PluralSynonyms
Problem
It's easy to forget whether the correct spelling of some of the TAL
attributes is plural or not. In particular, a prominent member of the
ZPT community used tal:contents instead of tal:content.
Proposal
Make synonyms for all of the TAL statements for which it is reasonable to have both the singular and plural forms. In particular:
o content / contents
o attribute / attributes
o define / defines
o on-error / on-errors
We would never have given any of these new names a different meaning
for fear of confusing users, so it seems reasonable to me to give them
the same meaning. I omitted conditions, since that implies (to me)
that it allows multiple conditions. I don't have a strong reason for
leaving out replaces and repeats, just a vague feeling that they're
unlikely to suffer from the same confusion, since they are verbs and
don't accept multiple parts.
- peterbe (Jul 16, 2001 4:01 am; Comment #1)
- -1 NO! I agree with myself that this will only cause confusion. The Python "only one" is better. It isn't that difficult to remember these things.
- mindlace (Jul 18, 2001 2:10 pm; Comment #2)
- -1 TOOWTDI
- poster (Jul 31, 2001 11:31 am; Comment #3)
- -1