[Zope] extra parameters in dtml-var

[Andreas Brinner]

But wouldn't it be possible, to add additional parameters not affecting the 
string representation to the namespace of this object? So if the object 
looks up this parameter it finds it. But there is no problem, when the 
paramter is not used.

Similar to the dtml-let tag:
<dtml-let say="'hello'">
 <dtml-var some_other_dtml_document>
</dtml-let>



> Because youre making the assumption that some_other_dtml is an object that
> accepts parameters, rather than say a string, integer or list (for
> example). Dtml var is really "give me the string representation of
> something", rather than specifically call an object. I once heard a
> suggestion that dtml-var should be called dtml-print. You use parameters
> to that dtml var to alter that string representation.
> --
>   Andy McKay
>   www.agmweb.ca
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Brinner" <abrinner@gmx.de>
> To: <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 11:18 AM
> Subject: [Zope] extra parameters in dtml-var
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have searched the internet and the maillinglist, but haven't found any
>> answer. Why is it not possible to pass extra parameters to the called
>> script with <dtml-var ...> in the following way:
>>
>> Example:
>>  <dtml-var some_other_dtml_method say="hello">
>>
>> with some_other_dtml_method:
>>  <dtml-if say>
>>     I say: <dtml-var say>
>>  </dtml-if>
>>
>> O.K. there is the way:
>> <dtml-var expr="some_other_dtml_method( _, REQUEST, say='Hello')">
>>
>> But in my opinion this is unnessecary complicated, the first way would be
>> more intuitive and it shouldn't be so complicated to implement it.
>>
>> So, was this discussed earlier and is there a reason for not doing it so?
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>>
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