Re: [Zope] Deprecation of dtml-var ?

2000-05-29 Thread Chris Withers
Kevin Dangoor wrote: Or, how about a dtml-expr tag (which could even start out as a simple synonym for dtml-var) so that people won't be confused about what is python and what is a variable lookup with the special calling properties. This is a great idea :-) New

Re: [Zope] Deprecation of dtml-var ?

2000-05-29 Thread Chris Withers
Paul Everitt wrote: Shorthand notations are convenient, but when they get inconsistent, you wind up with the other P language. :^) Woudl that be the one we're welcoming into the fold? ;-) Chris ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Zope] Deprecation of dtml-var ?

2000-05-29 Thread Kevin Dangoor
Withers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Kevin Dangoor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] Deprecation of dtml-var ""? Suggestion: lobby Brian Lloyd about this. As Chris mentioned, reducing the "coefficient of

[Zope] Deprecation of dtml-var ?

2000-05-28 Thread Kevin Dangoor
I've noticed that just about every new Zope user gets bitten by dtml-var foo == dtml-var name="foo" and dtml-var "foo" == dtml-var expr="foo". Messages reflecting this confusion come to the Zope list frequently. Everyone appreciates the shorthand, and everyone does eventually learn the