[Zope] getting object reference from an id string?

[Siggy Brentrup]

"Darran Edmundson" <Darran.Edmundson@anu.edu.au> writes:

> Say one has an object reference and knows the
> string id of a child node.  From this info, we
> want an object reference to the named child.

Correct me if I misunderstand you completely, but what's wrong with

  <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('desired_ref', known_ref[desired_id])">

Siggy

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