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The altSyntax is an option that can be defined in webwork.properties. By default it is set to true and it is strongly recommend you do not change that unless you are upgrading from WebWork 2.1.7 or previous versions.
The altSyntax changes the behavior of how tags are interpreted. In order to fully understand why this option exists and what the differences are, it is best to get a bit of history about WebWork.
If you are not upgrading from WebWork 2.1.7 or previous versions and you don't care about the history of WebWork's evolution, you can skip this section. See the Tag Syntax section for more information on the standard tag syntax support
History
In WebWork 2.1.4, the altSyntax option was introduced. The book, WebWork in Action, while based around WebWork 2.1.7, was entirely written with the assumption that the altSyntax was enabled. As of WebWork 2.2, the altSyntax is turned on by default and eventually the old syntax will no longer be supported and will be removed from the code.
In order to understand why this was