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Created February 10, 2014 02:06
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Illustrates the Golang error "template: redefinition of template %q"
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layout.html
{{ define "layout" }}
<html>
<body>
{{ template "navbar" . }}
<div class="content">
{{ template "content" . }}
</div>
</body>
</html>
{{ end }}
{{ define "navbar" }}
<div class="navbar1">
this is navbar 1, the default for the site
</div>
{{ end }}
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specialPage.html
{{ template "layout" . }}
{{ /* this is illegal because "navbar" is already defined */ }}
{{ define "navbar" }}
<div class="navbar2">
this is navbar 2, only for this special page - maybe it's a slimmed down version, or has different links
</div>
{{ end }}
{{ define "content" }}
the content for special page
{{ end }}
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