Similar to the way <cfbreak> exits out of a loop, should/could there be a way to exit the current template without aborting the whole request?
Something along the lines of:
<cfif conditional>
<cfinclude template="someOtherTemplate.cfm" />
<cftemplatebreak /><!--- the best i could come up with in 5 seconds. --->
</cfif>
<!--- rest of the template here... --->
+1 for using an existing tag. I wince slightly at the attribute name/value, but given that it follows the existing convention is enough for me to give it a pass.
Perhaps on the .lucee side, it could look more like:
<:exit customtag />
<:exit template />
and optionally be able to parametize the attributes to specify which tag/template to exit: