[Zope] Using ZPT with options/radio/checkboxes

[Paul Winkler]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:22:01PM -0400, Ron Bickers wrote:
> If I define somevar as follows, which I commonly do:
> 
>   define="somevar session/somevar | nothing"
> 
> Then yes, somevar will exist, but if it's 'nothing', it won't have a get
> method.  That's when it will raise the exception if I use your code to check
> it.
> 
> Hmmm... Should I define somevar like this instead?
> 
>   define="somevar session/somevar | python:{}"

maybe... sometimes... i dunno?
i think i've reached the end of my ability to generalize about
this topic :-)

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