[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Re: RFC: TALES adapters and TAL/Tales variable namespaces

[Jim Fulton]

Evan Simpson wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>> IMO, if we take this route, we should think of the notation as
>> providing an alternate traversal operator.  That is, there is
>> syntax that either modifies or replaces "/", so of the examples
>> above, only:
>>
>>  context/*dc/title
> 
> 
> In that case, I'd be happy to consider adaptation as orthogonal to my 
> path prefixes. 

Yup.

 > Might as well drop the slash and go with the previous
> suggestion:
> 
> context*dc/title
> 
> I can easily read the star as an adaptation operator, even with multiple 
> applications.

On IRC, Martijn Faassen suggested (brainstormed really :) '#', as in:

   context#dc/title

I like this becase # kinda looks like a special kind of slash. :)

What do people think of this?

Jim

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