[ZPT] TALES Feature Survey

[jmr@computing.com]

evan> A) Add a standard 'user' variable, so that "user/getId" is the current
evan> user's id.
+1

evan> B) Add a standard 'attrs' variable containing the default values of the
evan> current tag's attributes, for instance "attrs/href".
???: "default" meaning "ignoring all the tal/tales/metal stuff, the
ones that are specified in the normal html"?  If so, +1

evan> C) Have a trailing slash in a path mean 'nocall', that is, prevent the value
evan> of the path from being called.
0

evan> D) Eliminate path modifiers ("if exists nocall") completely
-1

evan> E) Eliminate 'exists:' expression type, since most of these tests can be
evan> spelled "path | nothing".
0

Jim Rowan
DCSI
jmr@computing.com