[Zope] returning list from PythonScript

[Slobodan Jovcic]

> I'd probably just call container.MyScript()  as self.MyScript() in  
> the external method.

I'm trying to keep external method versatile.

>   But i'm curious as to why your example doesn't work.

There was an error in the script that I fixed, but never saved the  
file. Doh!

Thanks,
Jovca
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On Jan 20, 2006, at 4:05 PM, David wrote:

> J Cameron Cooper wrote:
>
>> Slobodan Jovcic wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to pass a list of values between the script and  
>>> external  method. ZPT contains the following:
>>>
>>> <tal:block tal:define="whatever python: container.myExtMethod  
>>> ( container.myScript() )" />
>>>
>>> container.myScript() is a Python Script that returns a list of  
>>> values.
>>> container.myExtMethod() is an External Method expecting that  
>>> list.  However, all it gets is a string representation of the  
>>> list ( "[]"  instead of [] ). How can I pass the list itself?
>>>
>>> Btw, hard-coding list in ZPT works fine:
>>> <tal:block tal:define="whatever python: container.myExtMethod 
>>> ( ['a',  'b', 'c' ] )" />
>>
>>
>> The problem is likely in 'myScript', which you do not show us.
>>
>>         --jcc
>
> I'd probably just call container.MyScript()  as self.MyScript() in  
> the external method.  But i'm curious as to why your example  
> doesn't work.
> Maybe you could first define the array first with something like ...
>
> <tal:block tal:define="thearray structure? python:  
> container.myScript();
>                                whatever python:  
> container.myExtMethod( thearray )"
>
>
> DAvid