Re: Using #stop

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 01:14 PM, Nathan Bubna wrote:

> Roderigo said:
> > Hi
> >     Is there any way to stop the template execution at any point? I 
> > tried
> > using #stop, but it gives me an error. Here is the code I used:
> >
> > #foreach($root in $roots)
> >  #if($queryexecuter.isEmptyElement($root))
> >   #stop
> >  #end
> > #end
> >
> >     What am I doing wrong? Thanx
>
> afaik, the #stop directive does not stop template *rendering,* rather, 
> it
> stops template *parsing.*  imho, a good rule of thumb when it comes to 
> #stop
> is to never use it.
>
> frankly, i'm of the opinion #stop should be done away with.

I agree.  I never liked stop - and I don't think anyone uses it.

Any disagreement?

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