[ZPT] 1.3.0 issues with trailing '/'

[Guido van Rossum]

> From: "Steve Spicklemire" <steve@spvi.com>
> > <span tal:define=" global Batch modules/ZTUtils/Batch/;
> >   global theCatalog  here/Catalog/;
> >   global artists here/Artists/;
> >   global locations here/Locations/;
> >   global mediaMaster here/mediaMaster/;
> >   global empty python:''" tal:replace="nothing"></span>
> 
> Trailing-slash-as-nocall was rejected pretty soundly in the recent survey,
> so the trailing slashes in this are causing the error.  To get the Batch
> class without calling it, you need "global Batch
> python:modules['ZTUtils'].Batch".

Can we review this rejection?  I don't recall an argument for
rejecting the feature, just lack of interest.  But the example above
shows a perfect use case for it, doesn't it?

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