The Doctor What writes:

What are the differences between DTML Documents and Methods internally? There are too small differences:

1. DTML documents implement the "PropertyManager" interface, i.e. they can have properties other than "id" and "title". 2. DTML documents place themselves on top of the DTML namespace when they are rendered (called), DTML methods do not place themselves on the namespace at all for rendering. The effect is that during name lookup a DTML Document is asked early whether it (or its acquisition ancestors) can satisfy the name request. If it can, you get this object. A DTML Method, on the other hand, would not be asked in a similar situation, as it is not on the namespace stack. This means, name lookup looks through the DTML Method directly onto the method's client, the Method is completely transparent. A DTML Document is only partially transparent, it hides all names that it or its acquisition ancestors define. Only the other names are handled in the same way as would be the case for a DTML method. Dieter