Re: [cgiapp] Planning next CGI::App release

[Stephen Howard <suppressed>]

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> 	I do have one or two requests... The first is persistent access to
> an HTML::Template object, ala the persistant access to the CGI module via
> query(). I see no reason (based on my projects/experience) why it is not so.
> For instance, I have a prep_tmpl() method that fills in all the default
> template values like footer, header, and some miscellaneous other items. I
> have to pass the tmpl object as an argument to this method, which is a bit
> sloppy. Below is my proposed new load_tmpl(), based on query().
>
> 	One further request, and this could generate a flame war, which I
> have neither the time, nor the interest to entertain, is the dedicated
> support of a session module, and obviously, it should also be persistantly
> available througout the application like query(), and my proposed
> load_tmpl(). I propose CGI::Session, for a few reasons. It's feature rich,
> stable, ubiquitous, and not tied down to Apache only, just like CGI::App.
>
>  
Not a flame, but perhaps a reasoned voice of disagreement :)

The problem with tailoring C::A with these sorts of extensions is that 
it makes the assumption that everyone useing C::A wants to use those 
particular tools, and that they will use them for every application they 
write.  There have been a number of times where people (myself included) 
asked Jesse to take _out_ the HTML::Template support, because we used 
other templating systems.  He was gracious enough to make HTML::Template 
dynamically loaded, rather than automatically, which I believe was the 
right thing to do.

Please don't impinge on people's Other Ways To Do It by dictating which 
companion modules will be loaded/used.  By all means present and endorse 
'best practice' and 'de facto' modules to the community, but let those 
that want to walk their own path do so.

-Stephen


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