#set() in #macro()

[Charles Harvey III <ch...@alloy.com>]

Hello.
I could have sworn that I used to be able to set a variable in a macro and
then render that variable after the macro was called.  But I seem to be 
wrong
about this.  Here is an example:

-------------------------------------
/macros.vm
#macro( setVariable )
    #set( $variable = "Velocity" )
#end
-------------------------------------

-------------------------------------
/mypage.vm
#setVariable()
$variable
-------------------------------------


Doesn't render.  It just prints "$variable" to the page.  Is this 
supposed to
work?  Or am I doing something that shouldn't be done?

Thanks.


Charlie



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Re: #set() in #macro()

[Byron Foster <by...@base2.cc>]

look at the 'velocimacro.context.localscope' property in the  
configuration.  When it's set to 'true' you'll get the behavior you  
describe.  It's false by default.

On Dec 23, 2008, at 9:11 , Charles Harvey III wrote:

> Hello.
> I could have sworn that I used to be able to set a variable in a  
> macro and
> then render that variable after the macro was called.  But I seem to  
> be wrong
> about this.  Here is an example:
>
> -------------------------------------
> /macros.vm
> #macro( setVariable )
>   #set( $variable = "Velocity" )
> #end
> -------------------------------------
>
> -------------------------------------
> /mypage.vm
> #setVariable()
> $variable
> -------------------------------------
>
>
> Doesn't render.  It just prints "$variable" to the page.  Is this  
> supposed to
> work?  Or am I doing something that shouldn't be done?


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