Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 12 months ago

#33864 closed Cleanup/optimization

Deprecate length_is template filter in favor of length. — at Initial Version

Reported by: Nick Pope Owned by: Nick Pope
Component: Template system Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords: length_is, length, template, filter
Cc: Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

The length_is template filter is a vestige from the days of the {% ifequal %} and {% ifnotequal %} days before {% if %} arrived with support for comparison with operators. Even the example in the documentation (see here) is poor: {{ value|length_is:"4" }} will only return one of three possible values - True, False, or "", the empty string being for errors in the provided values.

It seems to me that it would be better to encourage use of the length template filter with the {% if %} template tag which can provide more flexibility:

{# Before: #}
{% if value|length_is:"4" %}...{% endif %}
{{ value|length_is:"4" }} ← This is of dubious use given the restricted set of possible output values.

{# After: #}
{% if value|length == 4 %}...{% endif %}
{% if value|length == 4 %}True{% else %}False{% endif %} ← Much clearer but also allows customising the output values.

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