Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of MarkupStream

Timestamp:

Aug 29, 2006, 12:21:27 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

cmlenz

Comment:

Replace right-shift with pipes. Thanks to cboos for noticing the mistake

MarkupStream

@@ -67 +67 @@
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-Finally, filters can also be applied using the ''right shift'' operator (`>>`):
+Finally, filters can also be applied using the ''bitwise or'' operator (`|`), which allows a syntax similar to pipes on Unix shells:
 
 {{{
 #!python
-stream = stream >> noop
+stream = stream | noop
 }}}
 
  ''Note: this is only available in the current development version (0.3)''
-
- '''Q: will it be `>>`, or `|` as in r254?'''
- ''(off-topic: Akismet once again rejected that change, had to log in... sigh)''
 
 One example of a filter included with Markup is the `HTMLSanitizer` in `markup.filters`. It processes a stream of HTML markup, and strips out any potentially dangerous constructs, such as Javascript event handlers. `HTMLSanitizer` is not a function, but rather a class that implements `__call__`, which means instances of the class are callable.
@@ -93 +90 @@
 {{{
 #!python
-stream = stream >> noop >> HTMLSanitizer()
+stream = stream | noop | HTMLSanitizer()
 }}}
 
@@ -143 +140 @@
 }}}
 
-The right-shift operator (added in 0.3) allows a nicer syntax:
+The pipe operator (added in 0.3) allows a nicer syntax:
 
 {{{
->>> print stream >> HTMLSanitizer() >> TextSerializer()
+>>> print stream | HTMLSanitizer() | TextSerializer()
 Some text and a link.
 }}}