[Zope] Extending <!--#var fmt=...-->

[Donald Holten]

	Shouldn't you be able to set up the parameters by using:
	<!--#var SomeVariable fmt=SomeMethod?parameter1=value1-->
	or something similar?  This is just a shot in the dark...
	Donner


> I asked this before, but I don't recall getting any responses.
> 
> It seems that you can write
> 
>   <!--#var SomeVariable fmt=SomeMethod-->
> 
> and SomeMethod -- assuming it is, for example, an External Method --
> will be called. Unfortunately it seems SomeMethod is not called with any
> parameters -- meaning it cannot access the variable or value to be
> rendered.
> 
> Is this by design? Is there any way of extending fmt= by having it call
> our methods with the value as a parameter? I've successfully patched the
> appropriate source code to verify that it is indeed possible to do what
> I'm looking for, so... why not? Security reasons?
> 
> -- 
> Alexander Staubo             http://www.mop.no/~alex/