Hi, I use Class::DBI together with Template Toolkit. I have a method in one of my classes like this: 
sub auxdata {
    my $self = shift;
    if (wantarray) {
        # returns a list-ref
        return [ $self->auxclass->retrieve_all() ];
    } else {
        # returns an interator
        return $self->auxclass->retrieve_all();
    }
}

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I want to be able to use both Class::DBI::Iterator and lists in TT, but I can only get lists to work: 
[% FOREACH aux = object.auxdata %]
<option value="[% aux.id %]">[% aux.name %]</option>
[% END %]

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This doesn't work: 
[% WHILE ax = a.auxdata.next %]
ID [% ax.id %]
[% END %]

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If I add print statements to my auxdata method I see it is called in list-context every time. What am I doing wrong? What is the correct way of getting this to work?

In reply to Template Toolkit scalar vs list context by eXile

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