[TYPO3-ect] Alternatives to TS

[Michael Scharkow]

Ries van Twisk wrote:
> Hey Elmar,
> 
> bij this email you assume that we continue using this configuration array,
> only stored in a different format. If it's about that, we really cares 
> about how it's stored.
> However, most people I know today have problems with the configuration 
> itself
> 
> The 'if' condition mentioned below is really cryptic, people would love 
> to see something like this)
> 
> myMenu = HMENU
> myMeny.1 = GMENU
> if (myMenu.isEmpty) {
>    myMenu = TEXT
>    myMenu.value = sorry, emty menu
> }

TS is a purely declarative language, and *if* there is a demand for 
loops and conditionals, we should rather revert to plain PHP instead of 
inventing yet another programming language.

I understand that the whole foo.bar.stdWrap.ifEmpty.bob < alice is a 
major pain, but I see no alternative if we want to keep TS as a markup 
language.

Maybe we should just straighten the semantics (like with stdWrap).

Cheers,
Michael