[Zope] - Accessing objects in subfolders

[Jim Fulton]

Michael Grinder wrote:
> 
> jim fulton <jim.fulto-@digicool.com> wrote:
> Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/zope/?start=1059
> > This is not an unreasonable approach, however, if you take
> > this approach, you will lose the automagic calling of methods.
> >
> > If zoot is a (non-document-template) method, then
> >
> >   <!--#if zoot-->
> >
> > is the same as:
> >
> >   <!--#if "zoot()"-->
> >
> > not
> >
> >   <!--#if "zoot"-->
> >
> > If zoot is a document template, then:
> >
> >   <!--#if zoot-->
> >
> > is equivalent to:
> >
> >   <!--#if "zoot(None,_)"-->
> 
> The automagical stuff doesn't seem to be working for me. First I tried
> <!--#in subfolder.sql_method--> and an error occurred. Then I tried
> <!--#in "subfolder.sql_method()"--> and it worked correctly. This was
> using the Linux binary distribution.

I should have explained this differently.
  
  <!--#sometag foo-->

is a shorthand for 

  <!--#sometag name="foo"-->

The name attribute treats it's argument as a name, not
an expression.  The '.' character in a name is just another
character.  The '.' character in subfolder.sql_method
is treated just like the '.' character in logo.gif.

OTOH:

  <!--#sometag "foo"-->

is a shorthand for:

  <!--#sometag expr="foo"-->

The expr attribute treats it's argument
as a Python expression.  In a Python expression, 
the '.' character is an attribute access operator.

So, perhaps we should not use the shorhand notation
in examples to avoid confusion between

  <!--#sometag foo-->

and

  <!--#sometag "foo"-->

Jim

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