[Templates] Something comparable to Template Toolkit in Python?

[Andy Wardley]

Paul Seamons wrote:
> For more discussion about CGI::Ex::Template, please refer to the warnocked 
> "Can there be two?" thread that started on the 5th of May.

Hah!  I just un-warnocked it!  Twice!

The optree-based approach certainly has the benefit of avoiding the need 
to generate any Perl/Python/Javascript code.

I've always thought/considered/dreamed of writing a C library for the 
template runtime evaluation along with the parser backend to compile 
templates to C.  Although you would lose all the immediate convenience 
of being able to access Perl plugins, etc., it would be very nice to be 
able to compile all the templates for your web site down to a C library 
which could then be loaded direct into your web server.

But the first job has always been to fix all the broken bits in TT2 and 
come up with a clean spec for TT3 that's doesn't rely too heavily on 
Perlisms.  That should make it easier to port to other languages.  I'd 
certainly love to see a Ruby TT.  Python can keep it's silly whitespace 
indenting!

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