[cgiapp] Re: Should cgi-app use HTML::Template::Pro if available?

[Lyle]

Mark Stosberg wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:55:58 +0000
> Lyle <webmaster at cosmicperl.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Lyle wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>  I was wondering if there were reasons why cgi-app shouldn't try to 
>>> use HTML::Template::Pro (if available) over HTML::Template by default?
>>>  One of the main selling points of cgi-app for me is it's speed under 
>>> normal cgi. Considering HTML::Template::Pro's speed gains I would have 
>>> thought this would be preference?
>>>       
>> Oops, just read:-
>> http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Template-Pro/lib/HTML/Template/PerlInterface.pod#DISTINCTIONS_AND_INCOMPATIBILITIES
>> Seems they aren't 100% compatible.
>>     
>
> That, and I've never noticed HTML::Template to be the bottleneck for a web
> application. If anything is slow, it's usually a complex, large, or
> unoptimizeda database query in my case.
>
> Besides, we just added the 'html_tmpl_class' method to make it incredibly easy
> to use a different HTML::Template-like replacement.
>   

I know. I found that feature the other day when looking to use 
HTML::Template::Set. Not having to update all my template code to use it 
put a big smile on my face :)


Lyle

>     Mark
>
>
>
> #####  CGI::Application community mailing list  ################
> ##                                                            ##
> ##  To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options,  ##
> ##  visit:  http://lists.openlib.org/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp    ##
> ##                                                            ##
> ##  Web archive:   http://lists.openlib.org/pipermail/cgiapp/   ##
> ##  Wiki:          http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/                 ##
> ##                                                            ##
> ################################################################
>
>