[TYPO3-50-general] RFC: Improved Shorthand Syntax

[Sebastian Kurfürst]

Hey Bastian,

> What I prefer with the latter syntax is, that the order is clearer (crop
> title and _then_ convert newlines to breaks)
> 
> 
>> in PHP, "->" does something totally
>> different (calling an method on an object)...
> 
> nl2br($text) vs text->f:format.nl2br()
> It's not so different after all (though it technically it is of course).
That's somehow true... However the
{post.title->f:format.crop(maxChars: 30)->f:format.nl2br()}

is acutally the following:
<f:format.nl2br>
  <f:format.crop maxChars="30">
    {post.title}
  </f:format.crop>
</f:format.nl2br>

So, the last element of the chain is the outermost element of the syntax
tree.

So, I think we should tell people _not_ to use <f:if> as such Post
Processors, else things might happen what the user does not expect.

Greets,
Sebastian