[Templates] creating dynamic hidden fields in templates

[Brian Clarkson]

Mark Mills wrote:

> > >     [% cgi.hidden( Name => 'section' ).list.join %]
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> You know, rather than do the above, which irked me, I did the following:
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> $Template::Stash::SCALAR_OPS->{ join } = sub { return shift; };
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> Which adds a nice join method to the scalar and thus saved my sanity. =)
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> Maybe you'll like that more? It returns a proper undef when the scalar is undef, rather than an empty list being passed to join so that may help CGI avoid your empty hidden field issue.
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> Worth trying anyway. =)

that's an interesting idea....   i assume this would be inserted in the processing code, after object construction and before template processing?

brian