[jira] [Created] (VELOCITY-922) Strict mode and silent references

["Claude Brisson (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Claude Brisson created VELOCITY-922:
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             Summary: Strict mode and silent references
                 Key: VELOCITY-922
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELOCITY-922
             Project: Velocity
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Engine
    Affects Versions: 2.1
            Reporter: Claude Brisson
            Assignee: Claude Brisson


When runtime.strict_mode.enable is true, $!foo will not throw if $foo is in the context with a null value, but will throw if $foo is not in the context.

I know it's a design choice, but it makes the strict mode totally impraticable. I think silence references should never throw, ever, even in strict mode, otherwise they just break their contract.

Plus, distinguishing between those two cases (absent from the context, or present with null) seems pretty weird and inconsistant to me. I understand the initial motivation of validating the context, but it's just inconsistant. Silent mode *should* take precedence over strict mode.




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