Have you tried using this_parent.showspecialcontrols?

On Sunday, January 12, 2014 8:32:10 AM UTC-7, Tim Griffin wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This may seem really basic, but it tripped me up for a while because I'd 
> forgotten a basic Hobo tenet: *Always be aware of context*.
>  
> I'd defined a tag that calls another custom tag as follows:
>
> <def tag="plans" attrs="showspecialcontrols">
>   <my-table-plus:plans fields="plan_no, plan_type" showmycontrols="
> &showspecialcontrols">
>   ...
> </def>
>
>
> But, for the longest time, the highlighted attribute call generated:
>
> undefined method `showspecialcontrols' for #<#<Class:...
>
> It took me a while to realize/remember that by including "plans" in my 
> call to <my-table-plus:> I'd shifted the context for the attribute I'd 
> passed in. Hobo was now looking for a *showspecialcontrols* method on a 
> plan, which didn't exist. 
>
> Unless someone can contribute an alternate solution, I couldn't see a way 
> around this without assigning the *showspecialcontrols* attribute to an 
> instance variable:
>
> <def tag="plans" attrs="showspecialcontrols">
>
>    <!-- We need an instance variable here otherwise context is confused 
> within call to my-table-plus -->
>    <% @show = showspecialcontrols %>
>
>    <my-table-plus:plans fields="..." showmycontrols="&@show">
>
>
> Tim
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