[Zope] Deprecation of <dtml-var "">?

[Kevin Dangoor]

I sent Brian a message on this, and I just added it to the collector with
the 1 line patch necessary to add <dtml-expr> as a synonym for <dtml-var>:

http://classic.zope.org:8080/Collector/1279/view

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Everitt" <paul@digicool.com>
To: "Chris Withers" <chrisw@nipltd.com>
Cc: "Kevin Dangoor" <kid@kendermedia.com>; <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Deprecation of <dtml-var "">?


>
> Suggestion: lobby Brian Lloyd about this.  As Chris mentioned, reducing
> the "coefficient of complexity" is something he and I are focused on.
>
> Shorthand notations are convenient, but when they get inconsistent, you
> wind up with the other P language. :^)
>
> --Paul
>
> Chris Withers wrote:
> >
> > Kevin Dangoor wrote:
> > >     Or, how about a <dtml-expr> tag (which could even start out as a
simple
> > > synonym for <dtml-var>) so that people won't be confused about what is
> > > python and what is a variable lookup with the special calling
properties.
> >
> > This is a great idea :-)
> >
> > New------------  Old-------------------------------
> > <dtml-var x>     <dtml-var x> <dtml-var name="x">
> > <dtml-expr "x">  <dtml-var expr="x"> <dtml-var "x">
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > PS: didn't Paul Everitt comment on this in the Perl thread?
> >
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