Re: [cdt-dev] RFC: Templates preprocessor syntax proposal

[Derek Morris <dmsubs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Freemarker is a TEMPLATE ENGINE, not a generic scripting language.

I have used Freemarker (for creating and implementing templates), and would certainly recommend it. I suggest you take a look.


> On 5 Aug 2016, at 17:03, Liviu Ionescu <ilg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 05 Aug 2016, at 18:04, Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> ... Freemarker which probably does what you need.
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> hi Doug, thank you for the hint. 
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> unfortunately Freemarker introduces yet another xml-like language, while I would like to keep my templates in C/C++, and be able to reformat them at any time.
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> not to mention that as a principle I find difficult to understand why would someone invent a new scripting language when there is JavaScript.
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> when you'll be back in office, please read the details of my proposal at http://xcdl.github.io/work/preprocessor/
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> actually I would like to move more functionality to JavaScript, like the main template.xml, which, in my wizards, already reached a complexity level that makes it almost impossible to manage.
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> here is, for example, the STM32F4 template:
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> https://github.com/gnuarmeclipse/plug-ins/blob/develop/ilg.gnuarmeclipse.templates.stm/templates/stm32f4xx_exe_c_project/template.xml
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> I need to do some experiments, but I guess that a JavaScript version of it would be significantly shorter and easier to read. performance shouldn't be an issue, templates are instantiated rarely.
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> as I said, I think that the future belongs to JSON and JavaScript.
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> regards,
> 
> Liviu
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