Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of AutoEscape alternative


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Aug 19, 2006, 1:09:00 AM (18 years ago)
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Chris Beaven
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     1The current AutoEscaping proposal has met arguments on several fronts:
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     3 * Too magic
     4 * Too implicit
     5 * HTML escaping only
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     7This alternative proposal attempts to provide a concise solution that answers these arguments:
     8
     9= Suggested Solution =
     10
     11Escaping only matters for !VariableNodes (`{{ object.name }}` tags). A filter is usually applied to each of these nodes.
     12The straight-forward solution is to provide a block tag which can automatically add filters (for html escaping, `|escape`) to any variable tag defined within the block.
     13
     14'''The solution is to provide a `{% finalfilter %}` block tag'''.
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     16If a tag has already been "finalized" in the view (ie. it doesn't need the filters added to it), a specific new filter `|finalized` can be added to that variable tag.
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     18If a tag explictly already uses the filter, it will not be added again.
     19
     20== Not too magic ==
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     22There is no magical code hidden underneath to worry about. All that's happening is one or more common filters are being applied automatically to every variable tag defined within the `finalfilter` block.
     23
     24== Not too implicit ==
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     26The template author has to use it explicitly. It ''does'' work across `{% extend %}`ed pages however, but some amount of implicitness is required for this to be a useful tag.
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     28== Not just HTML escaping ==
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     30Any filter can be used with the `finalfilter` tag.
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     32= Example =
     33
     34`base.html`:
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     36{{{
     37{% load filtertags %}
     38{% finalfilter escape %}
     39<head>
     40<title>Test Escaping</title>
     41</head>
     42
     43<body>
     44<div id="content">
     45{% block content %}{% endblock %}
     46</div>
     47</body>
     48</html>
     49{% endfinalfilter %}
     50}}}
     51
     52`index.html`:
     53{{{
     54{% extends "base.htm" %}
     55
     56{% block content %}
     57<h1>{% object.title %}</h1>
     58<p>{% object.details %}</p>
     59{% endblock %}
     60}}}
     61
     62`edit.html`
     63{{{
     64{% extends "base.html" %}
     65
     66{% block content %}
     67<h1>Edit {% object.title %}</h1>
     68{% finalfilter finalized %}
     69<p><label for="id_title">Title</label> {{ form.title }}</p>
     70<p><label for="id_details">Details</label> {{ form.details }}</p>
     71{% endfinalfilter %}
     72{% endblock %}
     73}}}
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