[Templates] "calculated" path to template

[Jason Gottshall]

As long as Template::Provider is being patched for a new release, is
there any chance of adding an additional piece of info to the
template/component hash? I've encountered situations, when I'm using a
list of INCLUDE_PATHs, where it would be useful to have access to the
calculated full path to the actual template file.
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If I'm not mistaken, this would only require a one-line addition to the
_compile() method. I haven't done much patching, so forgive me if this
isn't correctly formatted:
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--- Template/Provider.pm     2004-01-30 13:37:50.000000000 -0500
+++ Provider.pm 2006-02-02 13:19:59.000000000 -0500
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@
         $parsedoc->{ METADATA } =3D {
             'name'    =3D> $data->{ name },
             'modtime' =3D> $data->{ time },
+            'path'    =3D> $data->{ path },
             %{ $parsedoc->{ METADATA } },
         };

The key name "path" is merely a suggestion, but I hope the concept makes
sense. Comments, anyone?

Jason

Jason Gottshall
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