> On 28 Sep 2017, at 16:27, phil@highoctane.be wrote:
>
> We also have http://norbert.hartl.name/blog/2013/10/03/mustache-templates-for-smalltalk/
>
> Phil

Yes, Mustache is a cool templating engine, but it is similar to #format: not to #interpolate. With true string interpolation, you do not provide a context, you just write the expressions inline. Compare the following two:

'Today is {1} format: { Date today }.

'Today is { Date today }' interpolate.

> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got into a little office discussion about string interpolation as it is done in different programming languages.
>
> In Pharo we have String>>#format: which is pretty nice. It works as follows:
>
> | x y |
> x := 123.
> y := #foo.
> 'x={1} and y={2}' format: { x. y }.
>
> It is also possible to use a dictionary with keys, like this:
>
> | x y |
> x := 123.
> y := #foo.
> 'x={x} and y={y}' format: { #x->x. #y->y } asDictionary.
>
> But this is not true string interpolation as described in [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_interpolation ]. The idea is to write the value generating expressions directly inside the strings.
>
> Since in Pharo we add features not by extending the syntax but by adding messages I wondered if it could be done for string interpolation. The goal is to make the following work:
>
> | x y |
> x := 123.
> y := #foo.
> 'It seems x equals {x} and y equals {y} while Pi is still {Float pi}' interpolate.
>
>�� => 'It seems x equals 123 and y equals foo while Pi is still 3.141592653589793'
>
> Here is the implementation I came up with:
>
> String>>#interpolate
>�� ��"Format the receiver by interpolating the evaluation of expressions
>�� ��in between curly brackets in the context of the sender as in the following 3 oneline examples.
>�� ��'Today is {Date today}' interpolate.
>�� ��| x | x := 123. 'x equals {x} and pi equals {Float pi}' interpolate.
>�� ��'In {#strings} you can escape \{ by prefixing it with \\' interpolate."
>
>�� ��| senderContext |
>�� ��senderContext := thisContext sender.
>�� ��^ self class new: self size streamContents: [ :out | | stream |
>�� �� �� ��stream := self readStream.
>�� �� �� ��[ stream atEnd ] whileFalse: [ | currentChar |
>�� �� �� �� ��(currentChar := stream next) == ${
>�� �� �� �� �� ��ifTrue: [ | expression result |
>�� �� �� �� �� �� ��expression := stream upTo: $}.
>�� �� �� �� �� �� ��result := Compiler new
>�� �� �� �� �� �� �� ��evaluate: expression in: senderContext to: nil notifying: nil ifFail: [ ^ nil ] logged: false.
>�� �� �� �� �� �� ��out nextPutAll: result asString ]
>�� �� �� �� �� ��ifFalse: [
>�� �� �� �� �� �� ��currentChar == $\
>�� �� �� �� �� �� �� ��ifTrue: [ stream atEnd ifFalse: [ out nextPut: stream next ] ]
>�� �� �� �� �� �� �� ��ifFalse: [ out nextPut: currentChar ] ] ] ]
>
> It is a hack that could certainly be improved. And there is of course an obvious security problem.
>
> Thoughts ?
>
> Sven
>
>
>