[Zope] <dtml-with object> calls first?

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:53:38 +0200 (CEST)


Chris Withers writes:
 > If you do <dtml-with object> where object is something callable, it
 > calls it.
 > 
 > That's a bit unpleasant for things like Squishdot Sites which do
 > something (return a list of all their elements) when you call them.
 > 
 > So the only way to _really_ do what I thought dtml-with is for was to do
 > <dtml-with "object"> which is sucky to say the least.

I, definitely, prefer the current implementation to making
"with" the (only) exception: currently, whenever you
use the name parameter of a tag, the object is called
when it is callable.

If this would be changed, I am almost sure, Chris Withers would later
complain about the inconsistency :-)


Dieter