[Zope] index_html always seems to exist

[Peter Bengtsson]

At 02:09 2003-05-24 +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
>i have a python script doing the following:
>
>   file = 'index_html'
>   if not hasattr(context.aq_explicit, file):
>     context.invokeFactory('Member Profile', id=file, title=file)

file = 'index_html'
base = getattr(context, 'aq_base', context)
if not hasattr(base, file):
     ...

Dieter Maurer taught me that one.

>in English:
>   if the current folder does not have an object by the name of
>   'index_html', then generate a new 'Member Profile'.
>
>This works beautifully whenever file is set to something that's not
>'index_html'; the file gets added if and only if there isn't one
>yet.
>
>However, in the case of index_html, it always seems to exist, even
>if there is no index_html in the current folder (and yes, I have
>verified that context is the right folder).
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Thanks!
>
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