[VELOCITY-50] RFE: invalid parameters for #if directive should be a parse error?

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Fix Version/s: 1.6
• Component/s: Engine
• Environment: Operating System: All; Platform: PC
• Bugzilla Id: 7386
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Daniel Dekany
• Created: 23/Mar/02 17:48
• Updated: 18/Sep/07 04:48
• Resolved: 18/Sep/07 04:48

Description

The 3 lines below will print two No-s and one Yes:
#if('foo') Yes #else No #end
#if(1) Yes #else
No #end
#if(true) Yes #else No #end

while the 4 lines bellow will print two Yes-es as
expected:
#set($x = 'foo')
#if($x) Yes #else No #end
#set($x = 1)
#if($x) Yes #else No
#end

Also, the 2 lines below will print false:
#set($x = 'x' && true)
$x

(Please
ignore possible false line breaks inserted by bugzilla.)

Tried with 1.2 Stable and 1.3
Nightly 22/03