[Zope] External method default arg weirdness

[Dieter Maurer]

Paul Winkler writes:
 > This is with Zope 2.2.2.
 > If I give a default argument to the external method, and call it
 > from a dtml method, the default gets used even if I pass the
 > argument.
 > 
 > Example: Try creating two external methods and calling them like
 > this from standard_html_footer.
 > 
 > <dtml-var "my_ext_method1(_['id'])">
 > <dtml-var "my_ext_method2(_['id'])">
 > 
 > 
 > Here are the two external method definitions:
 > 
 > def my_ext_method1(id):
 > 	return "<br>%s" % id
 > 
 > def my_ext_method2(id="oops"):
 > 	return "<br>%s" % id
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > Anybody else get this? Why does it do that?
I know this only, if the first parameter is called "self".

We use default parameters regularly (in Zope 2.1.6) and
they work as expected.


Dieter