how hard is it to add a new target language? about rocker HOT 6 OPEN

@jknack With Kotlin being interopable w/ Java, you should already be able to call Rocker templates from Kotlin. However, adding support for Kotlin syntax after the magic @ symbol would be difficult since the lexer used to parse everything relies heavily on Java syntax rules to actually work. Can I ask what exactly in Kotlin would you want special handling for within Rocker?

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if and when expressions

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Can you expand on your idea with some examples of what they would look like?

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What about Null Safety?
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/null-safety.html

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By default Rocker throws an error during a render on an expression that evaluates to null. Plus, Rocker has a number of null-safety operators itself that help swap in replacements and make handling simpler. Examples:

https://github.com/fizzed/rocker/blob/master/docs/SYNTAX.md#null-safe-value-expressions-value
https://github.com/fizzed/rocker/blob/master/docs/SYNTAX.md#null-safe-with-blocks-with

Eventually, I'd like to include the concept on other constructs too like for loops, etc. Can you elaborate more on what else from Kotlin you'd find useful?

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Thanks.

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/typecasts.html
Especially https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/typecasts.html#smart-casts
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/null-safety.html

I think this will be enough.

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