RE: [Zope-dev] Why is TemplateDict so opaque? -and- Have youseen this problem?

Another issue that this may solve is the inconsistant way of calling methods. Originally, when writing GUF, the concept was the Zope administrator could use any Zope method to populate userlists, roles etc. However, as DTML methods require these magic variables, I had the choice of: - Using DTML calling conventions, and methods that could not fake it (Python Methods, External methods) would have to be called from a DTML stub. ZSQL methods are be the main one affected.

- Put in a special case if meta_type == 'DTML Method', making the code and documentation more complex.

You can detect objects that need the DTMLish calling sequence using, if hasattr(dv,'isDocTemp') and dv.isDocTemp: ....