[ZPT] Re: macros and contexts

[Dieter Maurer]

Chris Withers wrote at 2003-9-16 08:13 +0100:
 > ...
 > >  > >  <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?

The assumption is, that "widgetlib" can be acquired from "here".
Such an assumption should not be necessary (inside the widget library).


Dieter