[Zope] using a dictionary returned from an external method
I have some DTML that needs to call an external method that returns a dictionary. I don't have any problem referencing the resulting dictionary by doing something like dtml-var externalMethod()['key1'] dtml-var externalMethod()['key2'] . . . However, I need to do this for several keys, and I don't want to call externalMethod several times. Is there a way to assign the method result to another variable, or is it possible that DTML is smart enough not to do the call multiple times? Or is there some other approach that I am not even thinking of? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt Wilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications center. Visto.com. Life on the Dot. ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] using a dictionary returned from an external method
Matthew Wilbert wrote: I have some DTML that needs to call an external method that returns a dictionary. I don't have any problem referencing the resulting dictionary by doing something like dtml-var externalMethod()['key1'] dtml-var externalMethod()['key2'] . . However, I need to do this for several keys, and I don't want to call externalMethod several times. Is there a way to assign the method result to another variable, or is it possible that DTML is smart enough not to do the call multiple times? Or is there some other approach that I am not even thinking of? dtml-let mydict="externalMethod()" dtml-var "mydict['key1']" /dtml-let i know dtml will cache results on the same method call in a single request which generally makes it efficient to do stuff like dtml-if expensiveQuery dtml-var expensiveQuery dtml-else cheap skate;) /dtml-if and i'm guessing the same should apply to external methods. kapil ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
