[Helma-user] some observations with nested macros

[tobias.schaefer at orf.at]

hi hannes

> I don't think that filters should be applied after prefix/default
> have been applied. In most cases, when you supply a default value as
> string, you'll put it there as it should be displayed. Same with
> prefix and suffix. And to apply prefix/suffix/default, the macro
> output has to be converted to a string. So all filters operating on
> other objects would stop working with prefix/suffix:     

yes, you're right; and it very much depends on the situation. (as you can imagine, i am in the exact contrary one needing the filter to be applied finally, after all prefix, suffix and default settings have been made.)

> What could work is to make the default macro inherit the filter chain
> of the containing macro, but I'm not really sure about the
> implications. As a solution, you should be able to add your own
> filter chain to the default macro.   

i noticed that i can solve most issues doing this. thanks for your help!

ciao,
tobi