[Zope-dev] closed collector issues 1252 and 1308

[Chris Withers]

Paul Winkler wrote:
> absolute_url 
> 
>  - containment only, does not include contextual elements from the
>    client's URL, that's the whole point of this method :-)

What do you mean by "contextual elements from the client's URL"

> absolute_url(relative=1)
>   - same as absolute_url, and not usable in some VHM situations.

But what's it for? What change does relative=1 make? Why is it not 
usuable in some situtations?

> absolute_url_path
>  - is usable with VHM, but still containment only.
> 
> virtual_url_path
>  - is usable with VHM, but still containment only.

Again, what do both of these do?

> getPhysicalPath
>  - containment only, not compatible with VHM at all and should NEVER
>    be used for URLs. 

?! it certainyl works as inteneded with VHMs, what are you trying to say 
here?

> request/URLx 
>  - close, but no cigar: leaves out traverse_subpath elements.

Really? Should it?

> request/VIRTUAL_URL
>  - includes context and traverse_subpath elements, but doesn't work 
>    if a VHM is not present or is not triggered.

Interesting. What's wrong with just:

python:request.URL+'/'+'/'.join(request.traverse_subpath)+'?'+REQUEST.QUERY_STRING

?

Chris

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