[Zope-dev] Re: RFC: TALES adapters and TAL/Tales variable namespaces

[Jim Fulton]

Stephan Richter wrote:
> On Friday 21 May 2004 09:07, Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>>So far the cast syntax seems to be the most popular:
>>
>>   (adaptername)ob      (dc)context/title
> 
> 
> Why don't we use adaptername(ob)? Then it looks exactely like in Python! Less 
> to memorize.

Because that would be the top of a slippery slope.

People would want:

   callable(arg1, arg2, arg3)

eventually:

   foo/bar/callable(x/y, a/b/c)/q/r

which is arguably the path to madness.

A number of folks replid negatively to this idea when
it was noted in the proposal.

Jim

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