[Zope] extra parameters in dtml-var

[Dylan Reinhardt]

At 08:18 PM 10/19/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>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:

Perhaps for no better reason than that's not how it's done.

If that really bothers you, python expressions accept parameters in the way 
you may be accustomed to working, eg:

<dtml-var "say('hello world')">

or

<dtml-call "REQUEST.set('what', 'hello world')">
<dtml-var "say(what)">

HTH

Dylan



>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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