[Foundation-l] Wikitext isn't a programming language, but...

[David Strauss]

That's a good idea.

Claus Färber wrote:
> David Strauss <david at fourkitchens.com> schrieb/wrote:
>> I'm certainly no expert for the MediaWiki parser, but you could take a
>> microtime() from the start of parsing and periodically check time
>> elapsed. With anything beyond the allotted parsing time, the template
>> would return either nothing or a warning.
> 
> This way, complex templates would sometimes work (if the server load is
> low) and sometimes not work (if the server load is high, causing longer
> execution times).
> 
> Better use a counter instead of real time. If a script requires less  
> than, say, 100 "ticks", it will always work no matter how long a tick  
> currently is.
> 
> Claus
> 
> 
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