[Zope3-dev] context/@@absolute_url

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:31:28AM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > > > The '@@' bit means 'the following path segment is to be interpreted as
> > > > the name of a view'. The '@@' looks a bit like a pair of comic-book eyes.
> > > >
> > > > So, this is just the same as 'views/absolute_url'.
> > >
> > > Then is there any reason not to use the latter?
> > 
> > As I recall the original discussion, one of the arguments in favor of
> > the @@ notation was that it was (human) language nuetral.
> 
> This was in a snippet of Python code, not in a page template.  Python
> code is not human language neutral.

If you are refering to the bit in ComponentConfigItemEdit.pt that I
checked int to a branch recently, then it was in a page template.  I
copied the thingy/@@absolute_url idiom from a couple of lines down,
where thingy was different from context.  I just didn't know enough
about the meaning of @@ to replace it with views/absolute_url.

Marius Gedminas
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