KO 1.3 template using comments

[Stefan]

Hi,

regarding templates using comments:

<ul>
<li>First static item</li>
<!-- ko foreach: items -->
<li data-bind="text: name"></li>
<!-- /ko -->
</ul>

As I understand, the reason for this feature is to be able to insert
static items (or possibly from different arrays).
I must say that I don't quite like putting anything but comments
inside the comments. I think the best way to handle this would be to
have a special parameter for the foreach binding so that the container
element is removed from the result DOM and only its child is
replicated. Something like this:

<ul>
<li>First static item</li>
<someElement data-bind="foreach: items, removeMe">
<li data-bind="text: name"></li>
</someElement>
</ul>

Unfortunatelly it seems that the only thing you can put in any place
is a comment (that's why I guess they were used in the first place).
But how about a binding that would clone the element?

<ul>
<li>First static item</li>
<li data-bind="cloneForeach: items, text: name"></li>
</ul>

What do you think about this approach?


Stefan

[Geert Pasteels]

What is wrong with using comments? What do you use html comments for anyway? I am asking cause containerless control flow is like the only useful thing I ever did with html comments. 

[Mark Bradley]

comments are a great place to put random futurama quotes that will get
read more often than http headers.

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This doesn't seem to be working with nammed templates