[ZPT] Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Re: RFC: TALES adapters and TAL/Tales variable namespaces

[Garrett Smith]

Jim Fulton wrote:

 > We don't.  In fact, one could argue that adaptation is a bit like
 > a different kind of traversal. In fact, in Zope 3, we already have
 > a notion of this. In general, in Zope 3 paths, we can say:
 >
 >   foo/++namespace++name
 >
 > where "/++namespace++" can be thought of as a special form of
 > namespace operator (similar and partly inspired by xpaths
 > "/:namespace:").
 >
 > 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.

  -- Garrett