Re: [Wikitech-l] [Semediawiki-user] Maps: marker specific parameters

On 19/07/2010 07:58, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: An idea that has not been explored a lot yet is to introduce dedicated parser functions for such nested parameter blocks instead of changing the separators on each level of nesting. In the most basic case, one could use a parser function call to merely insert the idiosyncratic separator types of the deeper levels, where the parser function takes care of possible escaping. A cleaner approach would be to use the MW parser to get parameters via the DOM so that no actual serialisation of the nested parameters is required at all. In this case, one would not even need different parser functions for each new nesting level. This would result in a syntax with nested parser functions, of course, which might not seem so compelling to everybody. But it seems to be the most MediaWiki way of handling the problem (maximise the amount of {{}} per page, but avoid custom syntax). -- Markus