[ZPT] Default tal/tales namespaces in HTML parser

[richard@bizarsoftware.com.au]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> I feel that I should owe up a property of the HTML TAL implementation
> that's not in the TAL an TALES specs.  While the XML parser requires
> that you declare all namespaces before you can use them, the HTML
> parser pre-initializes its namespaces with declarations for the "tal:"
> and "tales:" prefixes, so that you can start using tal and tales
> attributes right away.
> 
> I find this both convenient (saves two lines of junk in each template)
> and helpful for consistency (everybody will tend to use "tal:" and
> "tales:" for their prefixes, aiding code portability), but it is
> probably in violation of some HTML standard.
> 
> Should I take it out?

Please only take it out if it actually does violate a standard. I find it
quite convenient.


    Richard

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Richard Jones
richard@bizarsoftware.com.au
Senior Software Developer, Bizar Software (www.bizarsoftware.com.au)