On 21 Mar 2002 11:56:56 +0000 seb bacon <seb@jamkit.com> wrote: > > <span tal:define="thing python:namespace.get('thing', 'defaultval')"> > <div tal:define="u template/test| string:default"> <span tal:content="u">the default value</span> </div> This might help, if I understand the problem. HTH, __Janko