[stringtemplate-interest] render vs toString

[Terence Parr]

On Oct 12, 2009, at 5:56 AM, Sam Harwell wrote:

> The problem stems from ST violating the assumption in Java and C# that
> toString/ToString are pure functions, i.e. ones with no visible side

Yup.  particularly for me they have side-effects when I try to track  
the execution.

Wow. looks like we have consensus!

Ok, i'll make it render() and see how it feels.

Ter

> effects on program state. I think this can/needs to be solved in  
> either
> of two ways: make toString pure or rename it to something like render.
> Since changing the name to render is easier to ensure correct results,
> that might be the better approach at this point.
>
> Sam
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> heh, it's pretty hard to debug ST when the debugger calls toString all
> the time on the templates. Using render makes much more sense.  But,
> from a user perspective do you folks also run into trouble because of
> this or is it only debugging ST itself that is troubled by toString()?
> Ter
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