Tools for processing "template"?

D. Hugh Redelmeier hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sat May 22 03:43:44 UTC 2010


| From: William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>

| This seems to be recurring task.  What tools to you use to process
| "template"?

In a sense you are not specific enough (as expressed by others).

In another sense, your question might be too specific: you assume that 
your problem (whatever it is) is best solved by some template system.

The old-school UNIX way of doing what you seem to be asking is to use
m4 (a macro processor).  Only a very few people would recommend that
now.  But I might use it.  m4 is really simple but that means you need
to be inventive to use it: the primitives are, well, primitive.

People not up to that challenge often tried to abuse the C
preprocessor.  That really isn't a good idea.
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