This doesn’t work
{{- if eq $m nil -}}
{{ return }}
{{- end -}}
{{- $cont := chomp $m.Content -}}
as <$m.Content>: nil pointer evaluating resource.Resource.Content is thrown – exactly what I was trying to avoid.
{{- if not $m -}} doesn’t work either.
Apparently I’m missing something that everyone else knows. How to do it properly in a partial?
1 - May be try {{ if eq $m "nil" }}
2 - Not sure if the {{ return }} command is legit without return variable. And in any case {{ return $myvar }} is evaluate ONCE in the partial and is NOT affected by the go template logic.
Short story: The return need to be the last statement in your template.
So, you need to do something ala:
{{ $result := "" }}
{{ with $m }}
{{ $result = .Content }}
{{ end }}
{{ return $result }}
No-no, nil in brackets was my gotcha of yesterday 
Thanks for the link, it was quite an entertaining reading while walking in the local forest. It actually answers my question.
Arrogantly have I thought, there is nothing new to learn about return statements. Thanks a bunch, my partial now works they way it is supposed to.
I have seen this “return statement” confusion before – the short story, again, I implemented this crude version of “return” in 2 hours. Doing it the right way would have taken me hundreds, at least.
Yes, I’ve read this heated discussion thread, and I don’t want to re-ignite it. You are right: while less than perfect, it is far more useful than nothing. I’m not paying anything for the software, and use it while enjoying very efficient support.
One suggestion, though: since this behavior is rather unusual, the documentation should scream about it, and it won’t take long to accomplish. I might volunteer for the task once I’m done with my theme. Until then – thanks for the feature.
This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.