[Zope] Re: what's the difference between metal:block and tal:block?

Evan Simpson evan@4-am.com
Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:40:08 -0500


Gerry Kirk wrote:
> I'm not understanding when to use either. I sometimes see a tal:block 
> nested in a metal:block, and sometimes the either way, or sometimes just 
> one of the two.
> 
> What's the difference between them?

A <metal:block> tag allows you to use METAL statements without having to 
prefix each attribute with 'metal:', while <tal:block> does the 
equivalent for TAL statements.

Cheers,

Evan @ 4-am