On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:
Well, () is function call. [] is index lookup (be it numeric in an array, or any type for a dictionary).
Thanks for the explanation...
In the HOWTO it might be nice to point out that _ is a special variable that contains the namespace and people should look in the DTML users's guide for more info. <rant:mode> Well, the DTML user's guide does point it out. :( People seem to assume that they can start to develop ZOPE applications just as easy writing some HTML pages with FP :(
Remember: ZOPE is easy. But this is relative to it's power. ZOPE is extremly powerful. And it's the most powerful development philosophy I've seen. Because of this ZOPE is just a bit complex. Don't expect to start using ZOPE and become proficient developers in 1 week. </rant:mode>
Well right. I agree of course. My point is just if you are writing a HOWTO and you write something that it occurs to you might not be obvious to everyone it is nice to give a pointer as to where to get more info. I don't know how many times I have read the DTML users guide and it took me a little while to remember that I had read about _ there earlier. I suppose for those of us who aren't really web designers (I'm a physicist for example) this is probably more helpful than for those of you who are living and breathing this stuff all day. Thanks again for the info, -Chris walter@budoe.bu.edu