[Zope] Re: funny problem with tal

[Tonico Strasser]

Samuele Giovanni Tonon wrote:

> hi to all,
> here's  the funny thing :
> 
> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="" tal:attributes="content 
> python:'2;/esami/' + context.REQUEST.SESSION['role'] + '/'">
> 
> gives a
> <!-- Page Template Diagnostics
>  Compilation failed
>  TAL.TALDefs.TALError: Python expression error:
> EOL while scanning single-quoted string (Python expression "'2", line 1)
> in expression "python:'2", at line 3, column 5
> -->
> 
> if i remove the ; char all is ok (but obviously the meta-http is not
> working) .
> 
> is it a bug or a feature ?
> is it well known ?

I found this in ZMI > Zope Help > ZPT Reference > attributes:

   *Note: If you want to include a semi-colon (;) in an expression,
    it must be escaped by doubling it (;;).*

Tonico