[Zope] Namespace problem

[Dave Parker]

Andres Corrada wrote:
> Dave Parker wrote:
> >
> > IMHO this is a really *bad* problem that should be fixed asap - it has
> > denied me opportunities for some really decent abstraction countless
> > times.

> Thank you so much for your detailed explanation of the problem, Dave. I
> guess I should mention that I got around the problem by putting moving
> "subfolder/methodA" into the folder of the calling DTML document, thus
> allowing me to write "<dtml-if "subfolder.methodB()">" within
> "mainfolder/methodA". As you mentioned, this "pollutes" the "mainfolder"
> with methods that should really be in "subfolder". Again, thank you for
> your thoughts on this problem.

My pleasure.  I just wish it'd get fixed - it's stopped me cold a dozen
times and I've ended up doing some just plain ugly workarounds (sounds
like you are now familliar with them ;).  Sadly, I just don't have the
time (and probably the knowledge ;) to look into it further myself.