[Zope] calling product ZClass add method

[Chris Walter]

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:

> Well, () is function call.
> [] is index lookup (be it numeric in an array, or any type for a
> dictionary).

Thanks for the explanation...

> 
> > In the HOWTO it might be nice to point out that _ is a special
> > variable that contains the namespace and people should look in the
> > DTML users's guide for more info.
> <rant:mode>
> Well, the DTML user's guide does point it out. 
> :(
> People seem to assume that they can start to develop ZOPE applications
> just as easy writing some HTML pages with FP :(
> 
> Remember: ZOPE is easy. But this is relative to it's power. ZOPE is
> extremly powerful. And it's the most powerful development philosophy I've
> seen. Because of this ZOPE is just a bit complex. Don't expect to start
> using ZOPE and become proficient developers in 1 week.
> </rant:mode>

Well right. I agree of course. My point is just if you are writing a
HOWTO and you write something that it occurs to you might not be
obvious to everyone it is nice to give a pointer as to where to get
more info.  I don't know how many times I have read the DTML users
guide and it took me a little while to remember that I had read about
_ there earlier.

I suppose for those of us who aren't really web designers (I'm a
physicist for example) this is probably more helpful than for those of
you who are living and breathing this stuff all day.

Thanks again for the info,

-Chris
walter@budoe.bu.edu