[Zope] dtml-in variables not available to called methods?

[Tres Seaver]

Michel Pelletier <michel@digicool.com> wrote:
> 
> Chris Withers wrote:
> >
> > > Scope. if you also did:-
> > >
> > > <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('cid',cid)">
> > >
> > > It would work too. The dtml-in variables are not available to sub-methods,
> > > this surprised me at first too, but, you get used to it :-)
> >
> > If this is true, it's really counterintuitive and should be changed if
> > at all possible.
> 
> This is not true.
> 
> Method A:
> 
> <dtml-with "_(bob='uncle')">
>   <dtml-var B>
> </dtml-with>
> 
> Method B:
> 
> <dtml-var bob>
> 
> _will_ print 'uncle'.
> 
> > If it's specific to ZSQL methods or in otherwise confusing situations,
> > then there's even more reason to change it...
> 
> It is specific to ZSQL Methods, they create their own fresh namespace.
> There may be a good reason, I can't think of one.

It seems to me that all this would require is passing the "_" namespace in place
of the REQUEST when calling the ZSQLMethod -- am I missing something?  Values
found in the REQUEST would still be found, but would be overridden by any
intermediate namespaces (e.g., from dtml-in, dtml-with, or dtml-let).

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