[ZPT] Are PageTemplateFiles restricted code?

[Evan Simpson]

Michael R. Bernstein wrote:
> It seems that a PageTemplateFile in a class cannot access simple class
> attributes when the class has it's default access policy set to 'deny'.

Yes, PageTemplateFiles are fully restricted.  This is based partly on 
the idea that presentation code shouldn't need special access, and 
partly to facilitate 'skinning' (move the code into a ZopePageTemplate, 
and it should still work).  It is inconsistent with DTMLFile.

Cheers,

Evan @ Zope