X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/32f3b4de00b1d2c4e3bfd7eca63f5ebbd4501ae7..5e5f60278250330a29e4bbc9b5bf91cc8e7eddf8:/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn
index d3c1a1277..13ea8b1b3 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn
@@ -14,7 +14,36 @@ yields:
 
     ARRAY(0x266db10)
 
-Seems to me this could be checked and `join(" ")`'d. :)
+Seems to me this could be checked and `join(" ")`'d. :) -- [[anarcat]]
+
+> I wrote a stupid fix for this, which works for getfield, but isn't as good for report. It simply does that `join()`. Here's the patch:
+> 
+> [[!format diff """
+--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/field.pm
++++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/field.pm
+@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ sub field_get_value ($$;@) {
+     {
+        $basevalue = calculated_values($lc_field_name, $page);
+     }
++    if (ref($basevalue) eq "ARRAY") {
++        $basevalue = join(" ", @{$basevalue}); # hack
++    }
+     if (defined $basevalue)
+     {
+        $Cache{$page}{$basename} = $basevalue;
+@@ -360,6 +363,9 @@ sub field_get_value ($$;@) {
+     {
+        $value = $basevalue;
+     }
++    if (ref($value) eq "ARRAY") {
++        $value = join(" ", @{$value}); # hack
++    }
+     if (defined $value)
+     {
+        $Cache{$page}{$lc_field_name} = $value;
+"""]]
+>
+> Seems to me this should be the default, at the very least in getfield. But at least, with the above patch we don't see expanded Perl ref's. ;) --[[anarcat]]
 
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