[Zope] more help with externs, please . . .

[Brad Clements]

On 17 Feb 99, at 11:44, David Wagle wrote:

Try this:

<!--#var "dwtest()"--> 

I've made similar changes to my external functions and indeed, 
self.REQUEST works.

However self.RESPONSE doesn't seem to work, so I still have to pass 
that explicitely. Anyone know why?




> Ok, I thought I had a handle on this after Amos' message
> yesterday . . .but I clearly don't have a clue as to what
> is going on.
> 
> I have the following external method:
> 
> def dwtest(self,REQUEST=None):
>     "find out what the hell is going on with REQUEST headers"
>     if REQUEST is None and hasattr(self,'REQUEST'):
>  REQUEST=self.REQEUEST
>         return "REQUEST is None and hasattr(self,'REQUEST')"
>     elif REQUEST is None and not hasattr(self,'REQUEST'):
>         return "REQUEST is None. Self does not have attr REQUEST"
>     elif REQUEST is not None and hasattr(self,'REQUEST'):
>         return "REQUEST is not None. self has attr REQUEST"
>     elif REQUEST is not None and not hasattr(self,'REQUEST'):
>         return "REQUEST is not none. self does not have attr"
> 
> If I call it with the URL, I get the expected:
> 
>  REQUEST is not None. self has attr REQUEST
> 
> If I call it with the DTML <!--#var "dwtest('REQUEST')"--> I get:
> 
>  REQUEST is None. Self does not have attr REQUEST"
> 
> ???
> 
> I am missing somethign really fundamental here, and I don't know
> what it is.
> 
> Help please. ...
> 
> daw
> 
> 
> 
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