Suggestion: xml template functions

[Denis de Bernardy]

it would be nice if, rather than inconsistently calling functions such as:

<?php wp_whatever( $before, $after ); ?>
-> returns:
html as appropriate

it might be worth exploring xml output for future versions of wordpress:

<?php xml_whatever(); ?>
-> returns:
<whatever>filters applied</whatever>

so as to xslt transform the result. i think it would be a lot more subtle than anything the template tags currently allow.

[rob1n]

Do we really want to have to rewrite the template functions for a release so close as 2.3? 3.0 might be better, but this might just end up to be a plugin's extension.

[foolswisdom]

Replying to rob1n:

Do we really want to have to rewrite the template functions for a release so close as 2.3? 3.0 might be better, but this might just end up to be a plugin's extension.

2.3 basically means not being considered for this release. I like to have every bug verses a milestone. I don't have the knowledge to know if this is something that should be implemented in core.

[rob1n]

Makes sense. IMO XML template functions are either plugin material or for a really, really far off rewrite such as 3.0 or even 4.0.

I say we close this as wontfix... it would be simple to do a plugin providing xml_* functions for XPath manipulation.

[rob1n]

XSLT rather.

[rob1n]

After thinking about it, it's a pretty good idea, but it's better off as a plugin for now.