[stringtemplate-interest] Output string lengths..

[Terence Parr]

On Nov 29, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Rob Hill wrote:
> In fact after re-visiting my padded string requirement, it’s far  
> simpler to pad the string before I stuff it in the template.

Hi Rob.  That could possibly be considered a violation of putting  
view-oriented characters in the model and pushing it into the view.
>  After writing a custom renderer, i couldn’t see the point in  
> actually adding all the code to put the padding in a class, and  
> then set the renderer, when i could just pad the string using the  
> same function before i insert it into the template.

  You have to be careful that you do not go too far and start putting  
HTML and strings, which you send to the view.
> Infact, im not sure i see the point in custom renderers at all now  
> i think about it.?

To avoid having view stuff in the model in general.

Ter