What was the point in making us register variables?

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What was the point in making us register variables?

To me it is nothing but a pain in the rear end.

When you want to register a variable to pull in your template you have to register it in every template that is around yours.

For instance I am trying to use

{vb:raw modcpdir}

I have to register it in my template and preregister 3 other templates to get it to show on the postbit_legacy template and it still don't want to show.

Why should it be that stupid. That is tons of extra code we shouldn't have to type.

I remember when you could just use

$modcpdir

I don't mind typing

{vb:raw modcpdir}

But for me to have to type

    $templater->register('modcpdir', $modcpdir);

and

vB_Template::preRegister('showthread',array('modcpdir' => $modcpdir));
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit_legacy',array('modcpdir' => $modcpdir));

and so on for each template that wraps around mine.

Just to return $modcpdir is totally insane.