[Zope] Generating lists of dicionaries from properties

[Andy McKay]

> I think, that you have misunderstood me. The thing is, that I would like
to
> have this dictionary list stored in a string property,

That doesn't make sense. Unless you just str the dict and then eval it back
you can't do that. You shouldn't be able to do eval in a Python Script, if
you'd want to, which you don't.

> so that a python script can

So put your dictionary in that Python Script, or make a second Python Script
the dictionary.
--
  Andy McKay
  www.agmweb.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Brinner" <abrinner@gmx.de>
To: "Meilicke, Scott" <scott.meilicke@intp.com>; <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Zope] Generating lists of dicionaries from properties


>
> > Sure, you could use something itemValues() to get a list of items in a
> > folder, then some combination of:
>
> I think, that you have misunderstood me. The thing is, that I would like
to
> have this dictionary list stored in a string property, so that a python
> script can
> 1. generate this list of dictionaries
> 2. create new items in a folder, with this properties
>
> So your solution doesn't work, because the items are subject to create and
> not already available...
>
> Anyway, thank you for your answer. If I don't find an other solution, I
can
> think about creating a tree structure as a pattern, which I then
replicate.
> This would be a solution, but not so nice :-(
>
>  Andreas
>
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