[Zope] dtml-lesson learned...

[Maik Jablonski]

hi,

I've just learned my DTML-lesson... Don't use DTML for any 
program-logic!!! Not even the small bits...

Debuged 3 hours...

if've used this snippet for months and it worked well...

<dtml-return "_['title'][_['title'].find('#')+1:]">

today it stopped working with an "access denied"-error... don't ask 
why... I've no idea, but maybe I've touched a guarded-namespace... 
typical DTML-mystery.

this python one works well:

return context.title[context.title.find('#')+1:]

ergo: don't use DTML for logic, use Python!

maybe: don't use DTML for presentation, use ZPT [I'm not totally 
convinced of that by now, but especially for Chris W.: maybe I will 
following your ZPT-church in the near future too...;-)]

cheers, maik
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