Re: [Zope] Help with simple dtml-if compare

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yep.. well... this is quite a common question, all up. It comes from people using shorthand, but not relaising it. sometimes i wonder if this feature should be removed.

the line:

<dtml-if "id == 'index_html'">

is actually shorthand for:

<dtml-if expr="id == 'index_html'" >

which means your expression is handled as a python expression, not a DTML one. In which case, you are comparing a function object (id) with a string object ('index_html').

the simple fix is, of course, to 'call' the function....

<dtml-if "id() == 'index_html'">

should do what you're expecting.

Um, except that id is not always a method ;-(, hence the _['id'] idiom (see discussion earlier this week) Rik