[Zope] Help save my sanity (DTML-in string comparison)

[Dieter Maurer]

Darin Lee writes:
 > ... comparisons involving "id" do not work ...
"id" is particularly difficult in DTML.

For some objects, "id" is an attribute (a string),
for others, it is a method.

Due to Zope's acquisition magic, it is difficult
to compare method's to one another:
the "same" method compare different, if accessed on different
access paths.

Thus, you want to work with strings only.
The problem is: DTML does not let you test for types.

You can do something like this:

    <dtml-with your_object>
      <dtml-let id_name=id> <!-- now: "id_name" contains a string -->
        <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('id_name',id_name)>
      </dtml-let>
    </dtml-with>


Dieter