[TurboGears] Re: Turbogears enhancement proposition "hash_random"

[Rune Hansen]

Thanks Michele. /rune  On 7. des. 2005, at 12.57, Michele Cella wrote: I've added your proposal to this ticket: http://trac.turbogears.org/turbogears/ticket/163 So we can keep track of this. Ciao Michele Rune Hansen wrote: I'd like to include a new variable in stdvars -> hash_random Why, because of IE's caching of GET requests. This is particularly annoying when working with XMLHttpRequests. With a hash_random variable you can construct URLs with std.url like this: <a href=""margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(Yes, this can also be solved , rather awkwardly, with _javascript_) def hash_random(seed=None):      _r = random.Random(seed)      return md5.new(str(time.time()*_r.random())).hexdigest() I haven't given much thought on just how "random" this random generator is, but it should be more than good enough for this particular use. """ view.py import md5 import random 215a217,220 def hash_random(seed=None):     _r = random.Random(seed)     return md5.new(str(_r.random())).hexdigest() 255c260,261 <         locale = get_locale()) ---         locale = get_locale(),         hash=hash_random) """ regards /rune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Behind the firewall, nobody can hear you scream... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Behind the firewall, nobody can hear you scream...