[Templates] RETURN'ing from a MACRO ... BLOCK

[Darren Chamberlain]

On 9/30/06, Paul Makepeace <paulm@paulm.com> wrote:
> I think I've just been bitten by how MACRO and RETURN work,
>
> [% MACRO do_stuff(an_array) BLOCK %]
>   [% RETURN IF !an_array OR an_array.size == 0 %]
>   # Actually do stuff
> [% END %]
>
> [% do_stuff() %]
>
> [%# we never get here %]
>
> What's the right way to do what I'm trying here?

The MACRO directive inserts its code directly into the compiled
template, so in this example it's as if you'd written:

  [% BLOCK %]
  [% RETURN IF !an_array OR an_array.size == 0 %]
  # Actually do stuff

  [%# we never get here %]

-- 
(darren)