Mustache template engine

[Masahiro Nakagawa]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:29:53 +0900, dennis luehring <dl.soluz at gmx.net>  
wrote:

> Am 24.02.2011 18:57, schrieb Masahiro Nakagawa:
>> 3 weeks ago, I discussed template engine with Goro Fuji(a.k.a Xslate
>> author).
>> In the process, I noticed D does not have template engine library.
>> So I wrote the D version of Mustache.
>>
>> https://bitbucket.org/repeatedly/mustache4d/src
>
> would be great to have this available at compiletime - something like an  
> write(ln) with typeckecks and block functionality :)
>
> with a nice inner mixin that generates an frontend for the template-vars
> a little bit like the  
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_bitmanip.html bitfield!  
> template
>
> example-style refering to your basic.d example
>
> --- basic.mustache ---
> Hello {{name:%s}}
> You have just won ${{value:%i}}!
> {{#in_ca}}
> Well, ${{taxed_value:%f}}, after taxes.
> {{/in_ca}}
> -----------------------
>
> alias MustacheEngine!(string,import("basic.mustache"))  
> My_Special_Template;
>
> void main()
> {
>      My_Special_Template my_special_template;
>
>      my_special_template.name = "Chris";
>      my_special_template.value = 10000;
>
>      auto in_ca_section = my_special_template.in_ca.create();
>      in_ca_section.taxted_value = 10000 - (10000 * 0.4);
>
>      write(my_special_template.render());
> }

In the old days, I implemented the compile-time template engine using  
similar approch :)