On 1/29/07, iain duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > use < as your <, or reverse the operators and make it so it's > > > > always doing a greater than operation. This is even more fun when > > > > you're dealing with javascript less than operations. > > > > > > So if I use < in the python expression, that gets converted *before* > > > the python code runs? > > > > It doesn't get "converted"... that's just how XML works. Kid templates > > are valid XML documents and are parsed as such. > > > > -bob > > Ok, so when we use <?py some code ?>, the code can contain those signs, > but can do no ouput correct?
The semantics for XML processing instructions are different than attributes. Doesn't really have anything to do with Kid. > Obviously my understanding of xml parsing was way off, anyone have any > tips on how they would tackle the original problem then? I want an > attribute set by a conditional expression from python, preferably > without having to make a whole conditional tag or element: > > <div py:for="thing in things" > my_attrib="pseudocode: x if thing.depth > 1 else y" > Personally I'd use "thing.depth > 1 and x or y", carefully making sure that x is not False. If it is, you could do something like: "(thing.depth > 1 and [x] or [y])[0]" which is both short-circuiting and non-False, just ugly. -bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
