[Zope] publishing a double-underscore method?

[Paul Winkler]

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 03:36:02PM -0700, Dylan Reinhardt wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm working on a product where I want to publish the results of a custom
> __getattr__ method.  I realize overriding __getattr__ isn't generally
> recommended, but it fits my specific requirements for this product.
> 
> The problem I'm having is that even very trivial returns from
> __getattr__ kick out the "empty or missing docstring" error.  
> 
> A trivial example that doesn't work:
> 
> ----------
> security.declarePublic('__getattr__')
> 
> def __getattr__(self, name):
>     """ I have a docstring, not that it seems to matter """

right, you're not visiting http://mysite/foo/__getattr__
so the publisher doesn't care whether __getattr__ has a docstring.

>     if name == 'test':
>         return 'this is a test'

so you're visiting http://mysite/foo/test?
i guess the problem is that 'test' and/or 'this is a test'
do not have docstrings. i'm not sure which is the problem.

try using some type other than strings, something with a docstring?

anyway, all that said, i think you might consider using
__bobo_traverse__ instead of __getattr__. That's what it's for.


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