AW: [SMARTY-DEV] variable catenation

i think you should not use the .-sign for concatination, because it is used for arrays. it does not matter how you solve the syntax-conflict, because you'll will surely find someone who uses it as array-syntax. i would prefer introducing a new sign (maybe .=) or use modifier syntax. modifier syntax has the advantage, that it keeps smarty-syntax not too complex. i think we have enough possible syntaxes as you could see after the regex cleanup from 2.3.1 to 2.4.0. rainer