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Feature idea: unifying feeds and index pages

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I was dwelling on the design of kiln, and in particular how feeds are 
handled, in this blog post[1]. 
It seems to me like feeds are currently a special case of index 
pages, and I'm wondering if they can be unified. 

In particular, feeds are given a set of feed variables: `.Title`, 
`.Path`, `.URL`, and `.Pages`. However, these variables are a subset of 
the page variables. 

Are there any other aspects of rendering a feed that couldn't be done 
in an index page?

[1]: https://edd.salkield.uk/blog/2023/02/07/in_praise_of_kiln.html
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On Wed May 3, 2023 at 9:01 AM EDT, Edd Salkield wrote:
> I was dwelling on the design of kiln, and in particular how feeds are 
> handled, in this blog post[1]. 
> It seems to me like feeds are currently a special case of index 
> pages, and I'm wondering if they can be unified. 
>
> In particular, feeds are given a set of feed variables: `.Title`, 
> `.Path`, `.URL`, and `.Pages`. However, these variables are a subset of 
> the page variables. 
>
> Are there any other aspects of rendering a feed that couldn't be done 
> in an index page?
>
> [1]: https://edd.salkield.uk/blog/2023/02/07/in_praise_of_kiln.html

The main difference I see is the ability to have multiple feeds and
render them in arbitrary locations. Meanwhile, an index page is limited
to the folder where its entries are located.
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