[Zope-dev] RFE: Make PythonScripts.standard available from DTML _.standard

[Chris Withers]

Steve Alexander wrote:
<snip standard stuff>
> These functions would be really useful as part of the DTML _ namespace
> variable. I sometimes find myself wanting to use html_quote in a DTML
> expression. 

If you have something like that, wouldn't it be better, more readable,
etc, for it to be moved intop a python script, even if that script was
only 1 line long?

eg:
<dtml-if
"mysomething(_['title_or_id'],_.standard.html_quote(absolute_url()+_[id]))">

becomes:

<dtml-if mysomething_object_from_path_or_id>


> I'd also be able to use these functions from ZPatterns
> SkinScript.

That's a seperate issue and oen I'm sure I'll agree with once I start
using SkinScript ;-)

> The PythonScripts product could add these functions to the _ namespace
> variable at product init time, so there would be no need to change the
> DocumentTemplate modules.

Hmmm... since they're both part of the Zope Core, does it make a lot of
difference where it's done?

cheers,

Chris :-)