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Please look at https://github.com/APTX/phpbb3/tree/fea ... ngine-fate for the 3.1 template engine.

I'll look into implementing at least the "per language compilation".

eviL3 wrote:I'm still in favour of adjusting the existing files for 3.1.

Yes!

This is already possible with *_func's.

No, all the *_func's are there to provide a way to use logic or outside data while handling a BBCode. You cannot change the BBCode syntax.

Improved template system for phpBB 3.1
This is a draft and subject to change

A more efficient implementation of phpBBs template engine ported from ascreus-experiment with some minor additions especially for the new hook feature.

Compatibility
- The template class API remains unchanged ...

It seems like it does all things we want. I'll be looking into it. Does it support multiple arguments like: If not, would it be easy to add? Or would you have an alternative to this?

I must say that the must-not-follow-smarty-even-if-it-kills-us attitude is unreasonable.
For example, could it be used to generate something for the "User name and colouring"?
I looked into how it's done currently in phpBB. It is done by a PHP function, generate_user_string(), which just ...

Where would someone define those? Since these are procedures i think they are mostly not defined within the same file they are used in?
They can be defined anywhere. It's implemented as PHP functions so it can be used like PHP functions. ;)
What are the benefits, the real world uses? Could you ...

Slowly I'm starting to wonder why we don't just use PHP instead of our own template language?
The most important reason is the ease of use. Would you really want to write templates like the compiled ones?
It is much harder to break things by in templates. The only way to break something is to make ...

This is something, that IIRC was not requested by anyone. I had this idea today and wanted to see if something like this is possible with the current template engine. Turns out it is. :)

Procedures in templates is just some template code you can use wherever and as many times as you like. It has no ...