Hi Bob,
Thanks. I just filed this as an issue in github.
Iâll take a look and see if I can find a fix.
Dick
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> On Aug 14, 2020, at 00:18, Bob Stayton <> wrote:
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> I'm inclined to think that is a bug, because there are perhaps legitimate reasons for the text attribute of a particular gentext template to be empty in some languages.
> Bob Stayton
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> On 8/11/2020 6:06 PM, Richard Hamilton wrote:
>> The template gentext.template.exists in the 1.0 stylesheets has what may be a bug.
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>> This template says that it returns 1 if a gentext template exists for a particular context and name and 0 if the template doesnât exist.
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>> However, if a gentext template does exist, but it has a text value that is empty (e.g., <l:template name=âsomenameâ text=ââ/>), gentext.template.exists returns 0, not 1.
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>> That is, it doesnât distinguish between a template with a null value for the text and a non-existent template.
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>> My question is whether this is a bug or a feature? Iâm inclined to think itâs a bug, but Iâm not sure.
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>> If itâs a bug, Iâm glad to file a report.
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>> Best regards,
>> Dick Hamilton
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