[ZPT] Re: [Zope3-dev] TAL Macro Parameters

Chris Withers chrisw at nipltd.com
Mon Jun 2 13:06:38 EDT 2003


Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Chris Withers wrote at 2003-5-30 15:00 +0100:
>  > ...
>  > >>> People are already using it that way, however, and the current syntax 
>  > >>> is causing pain. 
>  > > All of Zope Corp.'s recent customers, AFAIK, and probably Plone as well. 
>  > 
>  > What makes this preferable to calling a page template?
> 
> Macros support slots, page template calls do not...

Indeed, but what Shane is suggesting sounds like abusing slots so they can be 
used like parameters. My point is why not just use parameters all call a page 
template?

cheers,

Chris




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