You mean HTML tag generation by functions/methods, instead of by embedded literal HTML?
There's actually a third option that I prefer for HTML forms in particular: mutable widget objects that serialize to HTML (or XHTML) on request. The memory overhead of this approach is slightly higher than HTML-generator functions, but this is far outweighed by the increased flexibility and, most importantly, potential for reuse. Fields with input and output filters, auto-inflate/deflate of values, compound fields (single "logical" fields made up of multiple "physical" HTML fields), etc., all make dealing with large, complex forms so much easier, IME.

In reply to Re^2: why use OO nature in CGI? by siracusa
in thread why use OO nature in CGI? by sulfericacid

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