Added documentation about variable scoping in "partials".

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Alexandre Bourget 2016-01-01 16:08:39 -05:00 committed by Steve Francia
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@ -106,5 +106,21 @@ To reference a partial template stored in a subfolder, e.g. `/layout/partials/po
Note that the subdirectories you create under /layout/partials can be named whatever you like.
**For more examples of referencing these templates, see [single content
templates](/templates/content/), [list templates](/templates/list/) and [homepage templates](/templates/homepage/).**
For more examples of referencing these templates, see
[single content templates](/templates/content/),
[list templates](/templates/list/) and
[homepage templates](/templates/homepage/).
Variable scoping
----------------
As you might have noticed, `partial` calls receive two paramters.
1. The first is the name of the partial and determines the file
location to be read.
2. The second is the variables to be passed down to the partial.
This means the partial _only_ be able to access those variables. It is
isolated and has no access to the outer scope. From within the
partial, `$.Var` is equivalent to `.Var`