Previously Laurence Rowe wrote: > yuppie wrote: > > David Glick wrote: > >> Does anyone have an objection to me adding 'context' as an alias for > >> 'object' in the expression context that is built when executing CMF > >> action expressions (in getExprContext in CMFCore/Expression.py)? This > >> would remove one common source of minor confusion for beginning > >> CMF/Plone developers (namely, having to use object in action expressions > >> when you use context everywhere else). > > > > -1 > > > > "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." > > > > 'context' is deprecated for this kind of expressions, CMF uses 'object' > > everywhere. Supporting 'object' *and* 'context' or switching from > > 'object' to 'context' will cause even more confusion. > > > > Please see this thread > > http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2005-March/021990.html > > with this result > > http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2005-March/021999.html > > That thread refers to 'content' rather than 'context'. > > Page templates have already made 'context' available as an alternative > to 'here'. I don't see why 'object' should be treated any differently. > > "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."
Amen. +1 on making 'context' available. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. _______________________________________________ Zope-CMF maillist - [email protected] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-cmf See https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope-cmf/ for bug reports and feature requests
