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Have <%inherit> allow arguments, or other easy way to override/pass values #62

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sqlalchemy-bot opened this issue Oct 13, 2007 · 3 comments
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Have <%inherit> allow arguments, or other easy way to override/pass values #62

sqlalchemy-bot opened this issue Oct 13, 2007 · 3 comments
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Migrated issue, originally created by Anonymous

Need a way to pass python values to the parent template. Possible solutions:

  • <%inherit> parameters e.g. <%inherit file="base.mako" args="current_tab='Settings'"/>

  • <%def> variant for values e.g. <%def name="current_tab" value="Settings" />

The current way to pass values to base template is by using a <%def>, e.g.:

base.mako

<html>
<% current_tab = self.current_tab() %>
    ...
        <li ${current_tab == 'Home' and 'id="current"' or ''>Home
        <li ${current_tab == 'Settings' and 'id="current"' or ''>Settings
    ...
</html>
<%def name="current_tab()"><% return "Home" %></%def>

hello.mako

<%inherit file="base.mako" />
<%def name="current_tab()"><% return "Settings" %></%def>
....

This syntax is pretty verbose, and calling self.current_tab() can accidentally result in rendered output.

Previous requests for this feature in the mailing list:

http://groups.google.com/group/mako-discuss/browse_thread/thread/5398cd2c3aa0a694

http://groups.google.com/group/mako-discuss/browse_thread/thread/cd01b2821a3a1a57
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Michael Bayer (@zzzeek) wrote:

theres an impoverished way to do this right now, like this:

# child template

<%!
foo='bar'
%>

<%inherit file="base"/>


# base template
foo is ${self.module.foo}

it would be quite easy to put a special accessor on Namespace called attr, which searches the full inheritance tree of modules for the attribute 'foo':

foo is ${self.attr.foo}

but ive only thought about it for 30 seconds. how does that sound ?

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Michael Bayer (@zzzeek) wrote:

self.attr is in 5cfffa2

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Changes by Michael Bayer (@zzzeek):

  • changed status to closed

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