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Posted to dev@velocity.apache.org by ge...@apache.org on 2003/10/31 13:30:15 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-velocity/xdocs changes.xml user-guide.xml
geirm 2003/10/31 04:30:15
Modified: xdocs changes.xml user-guide.xml
Log:
update changelog, and userguide had some wierd sentence indicating that
you could only assign strings to references. Clearly wrong
Revision Changes Path
1.101 +10 -5 jakarta-velocity/xdocs/changes.xml
Index: changes.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity/xdocs/changes.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.100
retrieving revision 1.101
diff -u -r1.100 -r1.101
--- changes.xml 27 Oct 2003 12:42:58 -0000 1.100
+++ changes.xml 31 Oct 2003 12:30:15 -0000 1.101
@@ -66,13 +66,18 @@
Henning. (gmj)
</li>
<li>
- Fix to DatasourceResourceLoader - stop using the old Runtime singleton as
- would leak a little memory for each instance of VelocityEngine created.
- Bug #17820, hunted down by Will Glas-Husain. (gmj)
+Fix to DatasourceResourceLoader - stop using the old Runtime singleton as
+would leak a little memory for each instance of VelocityEngine created.
+Bug #17820, hunted down by Will Glas-Husain. (gmj)
</li>
<li>
-SimplePool now removes elements from pool on a get(). Fix for #19042 suggested
- by Will. (gmj)
+SimplePool now removes elements from pool on a get(). NOTE : Previously, it left the
+reference to the object in the pool. Fix for #19042 suggested
+by Will. (gmj)
+</li>
+<li>
+Fix to bug #7697, suggested by Will. Fixes problem with single line comment
+embedded in a multi-line comment. (gmj)
</li>
</ul>
1.67 +6 -3 jakarta-velocity/xdocs/user-guide.xml
Index: user-guide.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity/xdocs/user-guide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.66
retrieving revision 1.67
diff -u -r1.66 -r1.67
--- user-guide.xml 23 Oct 2003 16:20:12 -0000 1.66
+++ user-guide.xml 31 Oct 2003 12:30:15 -0000 1.67
@@ -246,9 +246,12 @@
<p>
In the example above, the variable is <em>$a</em> and the value is
<em>Velocity</em>. This variable, like all references, begins with
- the <em>$</em> character. Values are always enclosed in quotes; with
- Velocity there is no confusion about data types, as only strings
- (text-based information) may be passed to variables.
+ the <em>$</em> character. String values are always enclosed in quotes, either
+ single or double quotes. Single quotes will ensure that the quoted value
+ will be assigned to the reference as is. Double quotes allow you to use
+ velocity references and directives to interpolate, such as "Hello $name",
+ where the <em>$name</em> will be replaced by the current value before
+ that string literal is assigned to the left hand side of the <em>=</em>
</p>
<p>
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