[Zope-dev] Re: Zope 2.7.0 b3 regressions

[Paul Winkler]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:35:38PM +0100, Stefan H. Holek wrote:
> Note that this is one of my main points: It will be of little use to  
> document usage of BASEPATH1+absolute_url(1) when '/'+absolute_url(1)  
> appears to work (until it is far too late).

As a frequent (ab)user of '/'+absolute_url(1), which did indeed
bite me when i deployed to an "inside out" apache setup,
I thought I'd try this out... I think you 
meant BASEPATH1+'/'+absolute_url(1)?

I put this in a page template called test_abs_url:

  <p>Typical relative path using absolute_url(1): 
      <span tal:replace="python:'/' + here.absolute_url(1)" /> 
  </p>
  <p>BASEPATH1 is: <span tal:replace="request/BASEPATH1" /> </p>
  <p>Better relative path using BASEPATH1 and absolute_url(1): 
      <span tal:replace="python:request['BASEPATH1']+here.absolute_url(1)" /> 
  </p>


If I visit this at http://localhost:8080/ctimi/about/test_abs_url, I get:


 Typical relative path using absolute_url(1): /ctimi/about

 BASEPATH1 is:

 Better relative path using BASEPATH1 and absolute_url(1): ctimi/about 

                                                          ^^
                                                        note, no leading slash

If I visit 
http://localhost:18080/VirtualHostBase/http/www.foobar.com:80/VirtualHostRoot/_vh_foo/ctimi/about/abs_url_test
I get this:


 Typical relative path using absolute_url(1): /ctimi/about

 BASEPATH1 is: /foo

 Better relative path using BASEPATH1 and absolute_url(1): /fooctimi/about 


... definitely not right.
But your point is made - '/'+absolute_url(1) is clearly inadequate too.

If I change the template to use request['BASEPATH1']+'/'+here.absolute_url(1),
then I get this:


 Typical relative path using absolute_url(1): /ctimi/about

 BASEPATH1 is: /foo

 Better relative path using BASEPATH1 and absolute_url(1): /foo/ctimi/about 


... which looks correct to me.

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