[Zope] question about inheriting attributes

[zope]

How do i create views for inherited properties?
I tried creating a method which accessed an inherited attribute via
<dtml-var>, but i got a Key Error on the attribute from the parent class.

Any guidance is much welcome.

Thanks,
mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of
> Dieter Maurer
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 11:10 AM
> To: Mark A. Lilly
> Cc: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] question about inheriting attributes
>
>
> Mark A. Lilly writes:
>  > I am hoping to use ZClasses to setup a base class, with
> attributes which i
>  > would like to be available to ZClass instances of subclasses
> of that base
>  > class. But it doesn't seem that ZClass attributes are inheritable?
> They are, although you do not see it in the management interface
> of the derive ZClass.
>
>   The derived ZClass inherits both the property sheets and the
>   properties from the base class. They are not listed
>   in the derive class' PropertySheets tab but you can
>   create views for them.
>
>  > Can i do this with python classes?
> You can, but you need to be careful in defining "_properties"
> in the derived class.
>
>
>
> Dieter
>
>
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