[wp-hackers] Regarding wp markup language

[Mike Schinkel]

On Apr 19, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Jeremy Clarke wrote:
> For your consideration:
> 
> function the_loop($args) {
>    $defaults = array (
>           'query' => '', // Default uses current page query, this overrides
> it with new WP_Query()
>           'post_display_callback' => '', // Custom post display function,
> overrides default.
>           'loop_start_callback' => '', // Optional callback for start of
> loop
>           'loop_end_callback' => '', // Optional callback for end of loop
>           'before' => '', // Show this before loop if there are posts
> (easier than callback)
>           'after' => '', // Show this after loop if there are posts (easier
> than callback
>    );
>    $args = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);
>    extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
>    [...]
> }


+1

I like, very much!  But I would opt for shorter names. This would become a well-known standard so clarity in naming wouldn't be as important, and I really don't want to have to type those long names over and over... :)

I'd also add a "where" callback for choosing to display or not display those posts which can't be easily filtered by a query string.

function the_loop($args) {
   $defaults = array (
          'query' => '', 
          'display' => '', 
          'where' => '', 
          'start' => '', 
          'loop' => '', 
          'before' => '', 
          'after' => '', 
   );
   $args = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);
   extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
   [...]
}

That said, why don't you create a plugin for this first?  Those of us who like it can use it and harden it together, and once it's baked consider rolling into core?

-Mike