Custom smarty function without identifiers?

Is it possible to create smarty functions that accept shorthands or, more specifically, variables without identifiers?

I have a function which takes an object and returns a string; I'm currently writing:

{myFunc source=$object}

I wan开发者_开发问答t to be able to write {myFunc $object} without smarty squawking about missing identifiers, but I don't even know where to begin. It's also entirely possible that I'm missing some fundamental fact which makes this impossible. If that's the case, I'd like to know that too.

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Without knowing what myFunc's purpose would be, I believe a modifier plugin could be what you are looking for. These are great for taking a string and formatting in another way, like taking a timestamp and formatting it in any way wanted.

Variable modifiers can be applied to variables, custom functions or strings. To apply a modifier, specify the value followed by a | (pipe) and the modifier name. A modifier may accept additional parameters that affect its behavior. These parameters follow the modifier name and are separated by a : (colon). Also, all php-functions can be used as modifiers implicitly (more below) and modifiers can be combined.

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Then in your template it would look like

{$object|myFunc}