[ZPT] Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Re: RFC: TALES adapters and TAL/Tales
variable namespaces
Marius Gedminas
mgedmin at b4net.lt
Thu May 27 17:32:39 EDT 2004
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 03:55:23PM -0500, Garrett Smith wrote:
> > So, we could also use something like:
> >
> > content/++adapter++dc/title
> >
> > but I think people want something more concide for ZPT.
>
> I prefer this notation, even though it's more verbose. I think it should
> be supported along with a short cut syntax.
>
> This problem seems analogous to view lookup --
> "content/++view++index.html" and "content/@@index.html" are equivalent.
>
> So, applied to adapters, we could use:
>
> content/++adapter++dc/title (or '++adapt++')
>
> one could use:
>
> content/##dc/title
>
> or perhaps (yuckier):
>
> content/**dc/title
>
> I'd hate to see Yet Another Traversal Syntax introduced when we already
> have a decent pattern established.
I like this train of thought. Today I brainstormed
content/::dc/title
on IRC. I'm not entirely sure why, but adaptation and the ':' character
seem to be related in my mind.
Marius Gedminas
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