[ZPT] Re: macros and contexts

[Dieter Maurer]

Chris Withers wrote at 2003-9-15 13:07 +0100:
 > Seb Bacon wrote:
 > > Just to follow up, the solution I have thought of so far is to redefine 
 > > the value of  'here':
 > > 
 > >  <div tal:define="here nocall:here/foo">
 > >   <div metal:use-macro="here/widgetlib/macros/widget_1_view">
 > >     Widget 1 view goes here
 > >   </div>
 > >  </div>
 > > 
 > > Which is pretty nasty, but really seems to be the only solution...?
 > 
 > Why is it nasty? It is, after all, exactly what you're looking to do ;-)

It breaks abstraction...

In the widget library you do not know (and you should not know)
what "here" is and you should not make assumptions about it.


Dieter