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Agreed on the syntax part. We’ve had good syntax for templates before: {% for user in users %} {{ user.firstName }} {% endfor %} And we have good syntax for templates now: {#each users as user} {user.firstName} {/each} Why do we have to squish everything into HTML-like-but-not-quite blocks? But no, JSX isn’t that great either: {users.map(user => ( {user.firstName} ))}
These aren't good because for 0-lists you have an empty parent containers so often you have a wrapping if outside all of that. More generally, template logic indent doubles up inside the indent levels of the template markup and I just find it ugly. I like vue a lot more; {some.name}
Agree with sibling comments on control flow vs elements separation. For your specific case though, I think a middle ground can be found here:
{#each users as user}
{user.name}
{/each}