[Typo3-dev] TypoScript 2: a bit of a RFC

[Dimitri Tarassenko]

> > > page[10](HTML) {
> > > ...
> > >
> >
> > Hmmm, looks more complicated to me then the original syntax. 4
> > additional signs.
> >
>
> Not 4, _2_.
>
> page.10 = HTML
>
> 12 characters, ignoring spaces.
>
> page[10](HTML)
>
> 14 characters.

Plus, you're saving on having to type "page.10" twice, you should be comparing:

page.10 = HTML
page.10.value = something

to

page[10](HTML) {
    value = "something"
}

or even

page[10](HTML).value = "something"

On another hand, maybe we should follow the more common object
definition syntax, and emulate

int i = 5;

In other words,

HTML page[10] {
    value = "something"
}

This, however may be too much a shift for the current TS users.

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Dimitri Tarassenko