[jifty-devel] in-component syntax

[Eric Wilhelm]

Hi all,

I've been trying to find a way to whittle-down the 

  <% Jifty->web->form->start() %>
  <% Jifty->web->form->next_page( url => '/') %>
  <% $action->form_field('title') %>
  <% $action->form_field('body') %>
  <% Jifty->web->form->submit( label => 'Post' ) %>
  <% Jifty->web->form->end() %>

To something more like:

  <% form->start() %>
  <% form->next_page( url => '/') %>
  <% $action->form_field('title') %>
  <% $action->form_field('body') %>
  <% form->submit( label => 'Post' ) %>
  <% form->end() %>

form is a sub in the component namespace, not a package.  See:

  http://scratchcomputing.com/tmp/component_shortcuts.patch

There is the question of whether it should be "form" or "$form".  This 
is partly just a syntax thing, but if Jifty->web->form needs to do 
anything besides return a singleton at some point (two form objects 
kicking-around in one process?) then we would have to go with the 
bareword.

--Eric
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