Hi everyone,
$escapetool.velocity() is close to unusable right now because it generates content with use of $esc in it. The reason it does this is that $esc is the official recommended binding for EscapeTool.
It’s easy to fix as EscapeTool is configurable, so we can change the key, no problem there. But noticing that esc was the recommended key and that we were not exposing it, I was wondering if we would like to “fix” that, logic being that people who know Velocity might expect it to exist.
Honestly I’m fine with both, but since we are starting a new cycle I thought it might be interesting to talk about it.
Some pros and cons:
Cons:
- several ways to access the same thing
- a bit less explicit when reading the code and conflict proof without the “tool” suffix
Pros:
- more standard from Velocity point of view