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== template invocation name override ==

Using this module imposes a time penalty.  Not surprising, that.  I have been experimenting with a module to translate {{tlx|Literatur}} (a template that attempts to translate de.wiki's [[:de:Vorlage:Literatur|Vorlage:Literatur]] to a {{tlx|citation}} template).  In its current form, {{tld|Literatur}} is always subst'd so I tweaked {{tlx|citation/new}} (the sandbox) to use this module.  At {{slink|Help_talk:Citation_Style_1|non-English_translator_templates_and_substing}} I was queried about the time penalty.  My simple experiments show that there is a significant time penalty for no benefit.

In that discussion, I wondered if the translator module might call a special substable version of {{tld|citation}} so I created {{tlx|citation/subst}} which uses this module and then modified the translator module to call that template.  The substitution worked as it should except that the substituted template name was {{tld|citation/subst}}.  In that discussion at [[WT:CS1]], I also wondered if this module might be tweaked to support a template invocation name override parameter.  I have {{diff|Module:Unsubst/sandbox|1039776614|784253929|tweaked the sandbox}} to support {{para|$template-name}}.  {{tld|citation/subst}} uses this parameter to set the template name to <code>citation/new</code> and when a {{tlx|Literatur/sandbox}} template is subst'd, the result is an invocation of {{tld|citation/new}}.

If there are no objections, I will update the live module from the sandbox.  Comments, of course, are welcome.

—[[User:Trappist the monk|Trappist the monk]] ([[User talk:Trappist the monk|talk]]) 18:06, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
: [[User:Trappist the monk|Trappist the monk]], I was just about to ask the same question.  it looks like there are no objections, so I would suggest you go ahead and make the change.  thank you. [[User:Frietjes|Frietjes]] ([[User talk:Frietjes|talk]]) 14:58, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
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::—[[User:Trappist the monk|Trappist the monk]] ([[User talk:Trappist the monk|talk]]) 18:22, 8 October 2021 (UTC)