[ZCM] [ZC] 1203/ 1 Request "'ZTUtils.make_query()' broken for python2.3"

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Issue #1203 Update (Request) "'ZTUtils.make_query()' broken for python2.3"
 Status Pending, Zope/bug+solution critical
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= Request - Entry #1 by LRA on Jan 25, 2004 10:55 pm

passing a boolean value to "ZTUtils.make_query()" results in:

  Error Type: ValueError
  Error Value: An integer was expected in the value 'True'

The following PythonScript illustrates the problem:

  request = context.REQUEST
  response = request.RESPONSE

  boolVar = request.get('boolVar', None)
  if boolVar is None:
      from ZTUtils import make_query
      boolExp = 1 == 1
      response.redirect(request['URL'] + "?" + make_query(boolVar=boolExp))
  else:
      print boolVar

  return printed

This happens because Zope 2.6 doesn't implement a ":boolean" check in "ZTUtils.Zope.simple_parse()".

A workaround for this problem is casting the boolean value to an int before passing it to "make_query()". For instance, the PythonScript above is to change the "boolExp" line to:

      boolExp = int(1 == 1)

This problem is already fixed in 2.7rc1 in "lib/python/ZTUtils/Zope.py" which is Python2.1 compatible, and so is appropriate for inclusion in the 2.6 branch (besides, it contains two other small fixes that would be nice in 2.6).

I understand Python2.3 compatibility is not a pressing issue for the 2.6 branch, but since the fix is already done, I choose to set the severity of this fix to critical to see if it gets in before 2.6.4 final is cut.

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