[ZCM] [ZC] 585/ 2 Reject "ZPT doesn't handle strings in python expressions due to ignoring quotes"

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Issue #585 Update (Reject) "ZPT doesn't handle strings in python expressions due to ignoring quotes"
 Status Rejected, Zope/bug medium
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= Reject - Entry #2 by evan on Sep 25, 2002 12:37 pm

 Status: Pending => Rejected

The problem here isn't the quotes -- it is the semicolon.  All semicolons in a tal:attributes expression must be escaped by doubling, since single semicolons are used to separate attribute assignments.  The correct form is:

tal:attributes="style python:'position: absolute;; background: %s;; left: %s px;; top: %s px' % (10,10,10,10)"
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= Request - Entry #1 by Anonymous User on Sep 24, 2002 12:29 am

If I have an expression such as 
<b tal:attributes="
   style python:'position: absolute; background: %s; left: %s px; top: %s px' % (10,10,10,10)">

The parser doesn't like it. It is reading the semicolon as the end of the expression even though it's in a quotes and giving an error that %s is an illegal variable.

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