Re: [Zope] Bug in the doc or I missed something

23 Oct 2003

      ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd Dorn" <zope-mailinglist@mopa.at>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Bug in the doc or I missed something
...
Gilles Lenfant wrote:
...
Hi,
The zope help in the API/ObjectManagerItem section mentions the
"getPhysicalRoot()" that returns the zope root object.
In a Python script...
x = anyobject.getPhysicalRoot()
...raises an AttributeError, but...
x = anyObject.getPhysicalPath()
...works perfectly. When bot methods are supposed to be provided by the
same
base class !!!
Did I miss something or does the help mention a deprecated method (I
noticed
the problem on 2.6.1 and 2.6.2, I have no older version to check)
Thanks in advance.
--Gilles
getPhysicalRoot is only available in python product code, see the API
reference::
getPhysicalRoot():
Returns the top-level Zope Application object.
Permission
         Python only
, bernd
Thanks Bernd,

The bug was in my understanding :)
"Python only" could mean "python ttw scripts too".
The strange thing is it raises an AttributeError rather than a Unauthorized
exception.
Anyway I found a workaround for that stupid limitation that works in my case
:

root = container.restrictedTraverse('/')

--Gilles