[Anthony Baxter]

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"Thomas B. Passin" wrote [Joel Burton] One small thing to note: the dtml-set add-on makes local variables extremely clean:

For a different viewpoint - I've not installed dtml-set here - not because I don't trust it, or whatever, but because of a belief that if you're doing this sort of thing (or using REQUEST.set( ) a lot for control) then you're not doing things right. Use the right tool for the job - DTML isn't the right tool for control or logic. Use a PythonScript for that. Keep DTML for templating, but really, really don't try to do everything in DTML. Really. You'll go mad mad MAD mahahahaha. Erm. Sorry.

I know what you mean but... In my view, dtml is mainly for formatting a page for display. That includes iterations and receiving query data for formatting. If I need a variable for temporary reference, I don't want to split off a script to do that, which needs to be maintained and whose functioning can't be seen except by opening another document. Not only would it be overkill and harder to read and maintain, but I'm talking about page formatting for which a python script isn't the best approach anyway. If it's pre-formating processing, on the other hand, python script by all means. Cheers, Tom P