[Zope] restrictedTraverse([''])

[Lennart Regebro]

On 5/24/05, Hong Yuan <hongyuan at homemaster.cn> wrote:
> I happened to find that obj.restrictedTraverse(['']) returns the
> application object, instead of the object itself. This is quite
> unexpected, as both obj.restrictedTraverse('') and
> obj.restrictedTraverse([]) returns the object itself.
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature?

RestrictedTraverse on a list will assume it is a path of ids.
restrictedTraverse on a string will assume it is a URL.

A path of ids that starts with '' is a absolute path, just like a URL
that starts with '/'. So, the path list [''] means the
root/application object, just like '/' means the root/application
object.

However [] is an empty path, and is therefore the same as the URL ''.

So, the above behaviour is expected and as defined.

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