[ZPT] repeat tag behaviour

Guido van Rossum guido@digicool.com
Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:32:22 -0500


> i am dead impressed by the zpt stuff.

Thanks!  You'll love the next version...

> however, just trying out the repeat
> examples, and i can't seem to get access to the list of items that i am
> iterating over.  for example:
> 
>         <ul>
>           <li tal:repeat="type python:'digital', 'analog', 'organic'">
>            <a href="dummy" tal:replace="type">selection</a>
>           </li>
>         </ul>
> 
> brings up an error:
> 
> Error Type: KeyError
> Error Value: type

Use var:type.  This will be fixed in the next version -- the TALES
syntax will change dramatically.  See the Wiki:

http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TALES%20Specification%201.0

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