[Zope-dev] Need for aq_base in DTML(was: Re: [Zope] Dumb DTML question - existance check of an object) (was: Re: [Zope] Dumb DTML question - existance check of an object)

Satheesh Babu writes: I have a URL, say, /sub1/sub2. How do I check in DTML whether 1. folder sub1 exists or not 2. If not, create it. 3. folder sub2 exists under sub1 4. If not, create it. It is easy, if you are a bit sloppy. * Access to "/": "PARENTS[-1]" * Existence

Re: [Zope-dev] Need for aq_base in DTML(was: Re: [Zope] Dumb DTML question - existance check of an object)(was: Re: [Zope] Dumb DTML question - existance check of an object)

Dieter Maurer wrote: * Access to "/": "PARENTS[-1]" * Existence check: "_.hasattr(object,what)" NOTE, that this is the sloppy part. - "_.hasattr" will return true, if "object" has attribute "what" (that is what we want) *OR* when it has acquired such an