[Zope-dev] ANN: ZScript 0.5 - DTML without the punctuation

[Jim Fulton]

"Phillip J. Eby" wrote:
> 
> (snip) .. Ever wished you could return something other
> than a string from a DTML method, so you wouldn't have to write an
> ExternalMethod?  Waiting with bated breath for a "safe Python method"
> product? 

(snip)

> The ZScript classes also add a 'return' tag which can take a name or expr,
> just like var.  Unlike var, however, the result is not converted into a
> string, but instead is returned to the ZScript's caller, breaking out of
> the entire method in the process. 

I like the idea of the return tag so much, I just checked it in.

In Zope 2.0, DTML will have a return tag that works as you describe.

Jim

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