[stringtemplate-interest] use <...> by default in ST groups?

[Terence Parr]

On Mar 5, 2006, at 9:55 PM, Laurent Vaucher wrote:

>>
>> Should I make <...> the default delimiter with STG files?  I can  
>> leave $...$ default for not regular templates...
>>
>
>   Hi.
>
>   I'm not sure either choice is a better default.

hi :)

Well $...$ is a good default for file-based templates; mostly webbie  
folks.  People use formal group files are code gen folks and <...> is  
probably better...

> Would it be possible to set the delimiters as an option in the file  
> preamble? I once used a tool called CodeWorker, which had a  
> "template engine", and the delimiters were deduced from the first  
> line of the template. I think it was even possible to give  
> character strings as delimiters. This was a nice solution because  
> you could choose the delimiters so that they did not conflict with  
> the expected output grammar.

We could choose from those two, yes.

>   (Sorry if I add a problem when you just asked for a simple  
> answer :o)

;)

Ter