Hi Guido,
"Guido" == Guido A J Stevens <gyst@nfg.nl> writes:
Guido> I'd like to use an external Python method to reference it's Guido> caller's object id. Broken down to the simplest example: Guido> Can anybody explain to me, why I need to copy the "id" Guido> variable to a locally scoped "myid" for this to work? And Guido> what is the logic that makes the external method return Guido> self instead of its input argument? I think You actually did more than just copy the 'id'. In a "DTML Document" id is a "method" that needs to be called to get the actual id. I believe that when you say let x=y Zope checks to see if 'y' is callable, and if so, it is called and 'x' is set to be the result of that invocation. try: <p> This is the <!--#var id--> Document.<br> My id is reported to be:<dtml-var "testid(id())"><br> </p> and see if that works for you. -steve