> >> > Sorry for the long subject line, it pretty much says (asks) it all.
> >> >
> >> > This would be useful in situations where several controller methods
> >> > use the same template but the actual appearance differs slightly from
> >> > method to method. Is it possible?
> >>
> >> I imagine it will be tricky, if possible at all. This page has one
> >> approach:
> >>
> >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-May/205437.html
> >>
> >> Why not just be explicit and pass in an additional argument to the
> >> template?
> >
> > Sure, if it can not be done in a clean and nice way that's what I'll
> > do, well, that's what I'm currently doing already. The link you sent
> > is indeed talking about this issue but is too hackish and doesn't
> > qualify for "clean and nice" :)
>
> how about a decorator, something like:
>
> def tell_template_this_controller(func):
>      def _func(*args, **kw):
>          d = return func(*args, **kw)
>          d['this_controller'] = func.__name__
>      return _func
>
>
> Then use like:
>
> @expose(template='.templates.whatever')
> @tell_template_this_controller
> def controller_1(self):
>      # do stuff
>      return dict(...)
>
>
> @expose(template='.templates.whatever')
> @tell_template_this_controller
> def controller_2(self):
>      # do stuff
>      return dict(...)
>
>
>
> and in the whatever template:
>
> <p>Hello from the <span py:content="this_controller" /> controller!</p>


Yep, that's what I do currently, slightly different code, but the same idea.

Cheers,
Daniel

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