[ZPT] ZPT & Request

Chris Withers chrisw at nipltd.com
Wed Jul 23 18:38:13 EDT 2003


Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> A side note: way back when I was getting to know Zope, I tried to learn 
> DTML before learning Python.  This turned out to be impossible because 
> it was too difficult to tell where DTML ended and Python began.  I 
> believe ZPT rectifies this problem by enforcing the simple rule I just 
> described.  I would be opposed to any ZPT enhancement that complicates 
> that rule, such as the use of parentheses in path expressions.  If we 
> force people to learn Python syntax before learning ZPT, a lot of people 
> will just give up and learn something else instead (like I did at first.)

As usual, Shane is spot on the mark :-)

Chris




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