[Zope3-dev] context/@@absolute_url

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:31:28 -0500


> > > The '@@' bit means 'the following path segment is to be interpreted as
> > > the name of a view'. The '@@' looks a bit like a pair of comic-book eyes.
> > >
> > > So, this is just the same as 'views/absolute_url'.
> >
> > Then is there any reason not to use the latter?
> 
> As I recall the original discussion, one of the arguments in favor of
> the @@ notation was that it was (human) language nuetral.

This was in a snippet of Python code, not in a page template.  Python
code is not human language neutral.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)