From: Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com>
I suggested the / thing to Steve who pointed out that &dtml-/folder/object; is bad XML/SGML and so 'Not a Good thing (tm)'
Yes, well, making DTML compatible with XML is explicitly *not* a current goal, although having ':' as an alternative separator should make folks who have to deal with it happy. In all other naming areas, especially indirect reference (ie. expr="_['/folder/object']") I much prefer slashes.
What's this DTML syntaxgeddon then? ;-) This sounds like something I'd really be interested in as you can see from my ZTL proposal on dev.zope.org.
There are so many ideas for revising DTML that the whole thing ought to be done as a single large change (the syntaxgeddon) rather than dribbling out new features and spellings over time. That can easily make people feel that they can't keep up with "all these crazy changes".
However, I'm pretty confident that when say DTML is a mess right now, I'm not far wrong. How can I get involved in the process to try and rectify this?
Just keep giving feedback on those proposals. Cheers, Evan @ digicool & 4-am