[Zope-dev] Python Methods commited

[Christopher Petrilli]

On 12/17/99 3:41 PM, Evan Simpson at evan@4-am.com wrote:

> Christopher Petrilli wrote:
> 
>> I've committed in Evan Simpson's Python Methods into the core distribution,
> 
> Woohoo!
> 
>> however there are a few changes, some minor, some major:
>> 
>> * All pieces of the unsafe version have been removed, this is
>> non-negotiable.
> 
> Do you mind if I put up an XXXPythonMethod Product for those reckless souls
> who want them?

Nope, of course not.  You can even make them sing and dance.  I just wanted
to make sure that Zope didn't ship with this because of the risks involved
with it.  This was too frightening to contemplate.

>> * Object traversal, and traversal_subpath
> 
> In retrospect, these aren't necessary if people are willing to use
> SiteAccess.  If they prove to be popular, you should probably remove their
> "magical" quality and put an "Allow traversal?" checkbox on the main edit
> form.

This is what popped into my mind, so I'll probably whip this in in the next
few days. How it gets done is a separate issue :-)

>> * Access to things like the formatters via "magic namespace"
> 
> There have been several times when I've wanted access to these in *DTML*, much
> less PMs, as in:
> <dtml-call expr="REQUEST.set('foo',
> ??how_do_I_call_a_special_format??(the_text_to_format))">

I agree, so perhaps this is a bigger issue that needs to be "thunked" :-)

Chris
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