[Zope] Zope and filename.extensions

[Dieter Maurer]

Mitch Pirtle writes:
 > Just had one of those "deep thoughts" and wanted to ask the list:
 > 
 > When one uses ftp/webdav one needs file extensions
 > (".html",".dtml",".spleen"), but that DOT in there really messes up
 > calls to methods, functions, properties, etc...
 > 
 > Imagine a directory called "images" stuffed full of stuff like
 > "logo.jpg", "spleen.png" etc.  Also imagine wanting to dynamically get
 > at those files' attributes, or play about with them for one reason or
 > other.  This becomes more complicated than is needed, doesn't it?
 > 
 > How do you (em, er, you know, the one's that actually know what they are
 > doing) get around this feature?  Will I always have to go through extra
 > hoops just to use commin filenames to support non-ZMI editors?
I use "folder['name_with_dot']" rather than
"folder.name_with_dot" or
"_.getitem('name_with_dot').attribute" rather
than "name_with_dot.attribute" which is not too big of a problem :-)


Dieter