These are previous ToDo_ and Wishlist items that have been implemented.

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InheritanceNonintuitive_

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*One-line #def syntax*

I'd like to be able to write::

    #def title = 'a title of some sort'

Or even::

    #def title = $htTitle

#attr provides this syntax, but is semantically different from #def.

-- IanBicking_ - 07 Nov 2001

#attr provides this already.  If it doesn't suit your needs use
#settings.  #def is for defining methods, period.

-- TavisRudd_ - 07 Nov 2001

``#def title = $htTitle`` *is* a method.  You couldn't meaningfully do
that with #attr.  I'm not proposing that #def should create anything
other than methods.  But there's nothing (except the current syntax)
stopping it from creating one-line methods.

Specifically, I find this awkward::

    #def title
    A title#slurp
    #end def

When compared to this::

    #def title = 'A title'

-- IanBicking_ - 07 Nov 2001

If the body is a constant, you don't lost anything with #attr because
the $placeholder will be identical anyway thanks to autocalling.  If
the body contains $placeholders and/or #directives, I think it
_should_ be multi-line to reinforce this fact, and it shouldn't be on
the right side of an equal sign.

-- MikeOrr_ - 08 Nov 2001 

Yes, you do lose something -- methods are semantically different from
attributes.  I expect to use these interfaces outside of Cheetah,
where I don't have autocalling.  I'd rather have everything be a #def,
because that gives me a consistent interface. -- IanBicking_ - 09 Nov
2001

OK. I agree now.  Let's add it before 1.0.

-- TavisRudd_ - 07 Dec 2001

It was added to Cheetah 0.9.9.  The syntax and semantics are
different: see the User's Guide.  The separator is a colon (:), and
the right side is Cheetah syntax (like in a multi-line #def), not an
expression.  The change was also implemented in #block.

-- MikeOrr_ - 16 Dec 2001