[ZPT] Re: macros and contexts

[Chris Withers]

Dieter Maurer wrote:

> 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.

Add the code Seb is using does exactly that from what I can see. The only 
assumption being made is that "here" is the current object that this piece of 
ZPT needs do deal with.

What leads you to feel differently?

Chris