Tim Hicks writes:
I think I've found a bug in ExternalMethod, but I don't know if it's already been fixed or not.
Basically, the call signature of ExternalMethods seems to get mixed up sometimes. I'm running Zope 2.5.1 on Linux.
Here's a small demonstration of the bug:
--test.py-- def test(self, a_string, an_int, a_named_arg=1): """bug provoking?""" template = """a_string = %s; type(a_string) -> %s\n an_int = %s; type(an_int) -> %s\n a_named_arg = %s; type(a_named_arg) -> %s""" return template % (a_string, type(a_string), an_int, type(an_int), a_named_arg, type(a_named_arg)) ----
--Script (Python)-- return container.test('tim', 10, a_named_arg=(1,1)) return container.test('tim', 10, (1,1)) ----
You can see the dodgy behaviour by switching between the two test() calls in the Script (Python). This is not a bug but a documented "feature".
The automatic "self" passing magic only happens when you call the method with one positional argument less than required. (This does not apply to ZPublisher which uses a different way.) Your External Method has 3 required and one optional argument. In your first case, you pass 2 required positional arguments and give the optional a different value. As one required positional argument is missing, "self" is passed in automatically. In your second case, you pass 3 required positional arguments. "self" is not passed in automatically passed in automatically. Some say magic is bad .... Pass your self explicitly! Dieter