[Zope] dtml-var weirdness

[Andreas Jung]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph A Knapka" <jknapka@earthlink.net>
To: "Andreas Jung" <andreas@andreas-jung.com>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 06:28
Subject: Re: [Zope] dtml-var weirdness


> Andreas Jung wrote:
> > 
> > you mean <dtml-var xyz> or <dtml-var expr="_['xyz']"> ???
> 
> My understanding is that <dtml-var xyz> is exactly equivalent
> to <dtml-var name="xyz">. In any case, the code fails in
> exactly the same manner no matter which syntax is used.
> 

- dtml-var has no 'name' attribute but an 'expr' attribute
- both notations are different. all stuff between "..." is
  treated as a Python expression.
- try to output the REQUEST object before and after setting 
  the variable. maybe this helps.

- aj