[Zope] Syntax: Learning from JSP's problems

[Evan Simpson]

----- Original Message -----
From: Johan Carlsson <johanc@torped.se>
> > Still, there
> > are many times when I'd like to be able to do XSLT-style manipulation of
> > pages rather than embedding stuff.
>
> That's an absolutely brilliant idee!

If this was a response to the quoted line which precedes it, you either
didn't know what I meant by XSLT or leapt away on a tangent :-)  I was
talking about treating an HTML page as a DOM tree, and manipulating it with
code like:

doc['mybutton'].setAttribute('value', 'Whee!')
doc.match('table//p').setContent('This is a paragraph in a table')

> It would be nice to be able to include inline
> Python Methods inside a DTML Method/Document

No! Stop! Aieee! <mantra>separation of code and content. separation of code
and content.</mantra>

I will admit that it would be nice to associate a bunch of small Python
functions with a Document without having to make a separate Zope object for
each function.  Perhaps a PythonMethodLibrary object?  We'll see.

Cheers,

Evan @ digicool